Hamantaschen cookies are a traditional favorite during the Jewish holiday of Purim. Triangle-shaped, they come with varied fillings, such as apple, poppy, prune or chocolate. Breads Bakery, of New ...

You might not have heard of hamantaschen (pronounced hah-mentash-in) or Purim, the Jewish holiday these shaped filled cookies represent, but this tasty treat might just become your favorite ...

I’m not much of a baker, but I do love a good cookie. And — as good as storebought cookies can be — there’s nothing quite like making cookies at home. The baking smells alone make it worth the effort.

(JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the kitchen. Not every night before dinner, not before Shabbat when she made challah every week, and not in the leadup to ...

It was a villain’s hat, an ancient story, and a delicious cookie that brought them together recently. With their rolling pens clanking in unison, the B’nai Israel Sisterhood was making hamantaschen, ...

Hamantaschen – which represent the three-cornered hat of the evil Haman, who, in the Bible, unsuccessfully tried to destroy the Jewish people in Persia – are “pretty simple cookies,” says Josh ...

Miriam Baumgartner has been doing a lot of mixing, kneading, chilling, cutting, filling and shaping in the kitchen of her Manor Township home over the past few days. She’s turning out dozens of ...

This week at Breads Bakery in New York City, one cookie is bound to outsell the rest. "Hamantaschen are the most perfect little cookie," said owner Gadi Peleg. "The most requested item that we get to ...

A Jewish educator reflects on the Purim cookie she used to make with her mother, who has been diagnosed with aphasia. (JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the ...