Hamantaschen Cookies

Hamantaschen Cookies

4 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

¾ Cup Shortening

1 Cup Sugar

¼ Cup Cooking Oil

3 Eggs

¼ Orange Juice

Desired Filling (Fruit Jam or Preserves; Apricot, Date, or Poppy seed Cake and Pastry Filling; Chopped Nuts; Pie Filling; or Miniature Chocolate Pieces)

Grease a cookie sheet; Shape dough into 1 inch balls. On a lightly floured surface roll each ball into a 6 to 8 inch long rope. On the prepared cookie sheet, shape ropes into figure eights.

Bake at 375 for 6-8 minutes or until the edges are firm and light brown, the tops will still be pale.

Brush tops with water to keep soft, if desired sprinkle with sugar.

Yield: 60-72 cookies

Grandma's Direction, this didn't hold the jam very well. 

After we Googled the name we found this way to work a lot better.