Hamantashen Cookies: Made Gluten Free & Vegan. Traditional Jewish cookie for the celebration of Purim.
Ingredients
1⅓ cup of margarine (10 tbsp)-like Earth Balance
1 cup of sugar (could sub granular sugar of choice)
½ cup mashed silken tofu
½ cup orange juice
280 grams of whole grain gluten free flour blend (130 g of sorghum, 130g of teff)-can use just sorghum if desired or can use oat flour as well (or 2 cups of whole wheat flour for non-gluten free peeps)
280 grams of all purpose gluten free flour blend-see above or use your own* (or 2 cups of white flour)
¾ tsp of xantham gum or 1 tbsp psyllium husk* (if making with traditional flours, omit this)
Fillings of choice: prune/plum (traditional), jellies,
date paste
(click
here
to learn how to make it), or melted chocolate
*If you do use a pre-mix that contains xantham, don't add the psyllium husk in the recipe. Psyllium acts similarly as xantham and guar gums in its absorbency property. It can be found easily in grocery stores (don't be scared by it's label as "colon cleanser", it helps absorb liquid by increasing fiber). You could sub out the whole grain mixture if you don't have all of the flours and sub a whole grain flour such as sorghum, teff, or almond. Just be sure to weigh them, as each measures out different cup amounts by weight.
Instructions
Weigh out flours
Cream sugar and margarine. Add tofu
Mix flours in a bowl, add dry ingredients ½ cup at a time, as it incorporates, add in orange juice
Cover and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight
Flour a cutting board and roll out dough. It's easiest if you do this between 2 sheets of saran wrap, one below and one on top of the dough. If dough is sticky, add additional flour. Cut out using a floured glass and place circles on greased or lined cookie sheets.*If using gluten free flours without xantham gum: I found it more difficult to work with. I rolled a handful of dough into additional GF All Purpose Flour to cut down on the stickiness. I made balls of dough instead (about 1 tbsp of dough) and gently pressed them into circles the size of the glass diameter.
Add fillings of choice: prune/plum (traditional), jellies,
date paste
, or melted chocolate
Homemade Date Paste
Super Cute Helper
Pinch corners into triangle shape, so that filling still shows in center