Camp Cookies

Looking for something to do while we wait for our rims, I decided to do some baking today. I thought traditional Jewish jam-filled hamentaschen would be a good idea since we had all the ingredients on hand, and I was craving cookies. I started with this recipe from Recipezaar and tweaked it a little.

They don't have vanilla extract here, so I used a packet of "vanilla sugar." I also had no way of chilling the dough, so instead of rolling it out flat (probably creating a sticky mess) I floured my fingers and quickly rolled bits of dough into little balls. I made a well with my thumb, and filled each indention with raspberry jam or apricot jelly.

Cookie-Making

Tyler kindly fired up our oven and baked them for me! They turned out great, even becoming triangles (the traditional hamentaschen shape) as they spread in the pan. YUM!