Homentasch Cookies

Recipe below.


It was fun and delicious! My first time making Homentaschen. This recipe was altered by me, to make it just a little better!!!!

Blood Orange Homentasch Recipe (makes 32 such)
(You can cut recipe in half to make 16 instead)

Dough
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
a little salt
200 gr cold butter
blood-orange zest, of one blood-orange or more
2 egg yolks
2-4 Sp blood-orange juice

Filling
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
150 gr poppy seed
2 Sp honey
1 Sp lime juice
some spoons of apricot preserves
some spoons of Triple-Sec (by taste and consistency, to make a paste)

Preparation
1) Dough:
Mix all dry ingredients, add orange zest. Chop butter to shards and work with fingers into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles crumbly sand.
Add egg yolks until a grainy consistency. Add 2 tablespoons of orange juice until the dough is smooth.
It may require an additional tablepoon of juice.
Wrap in plastic sheet and chill for at least 2 hours.

2) Filling:
Bring water and sugar to boil. Add poppy seed and bring back to boil. Reduce heat and cook for 10-15 minutes, until the mixture becomes thick and reduced.
Remove from heat, add honey and lime juice. Mix and let cool. Mix apricot preserves with triple-sec to make paste and add to poppy seed mixture. Taste and add more if need be.

3) Preparations:
Prepare a bowl with egg yolk/water and a brush. Line a baking dish with non stick paper or greased foil.
Prepare a chilled, floured cutting board. Cut the chilled dough to 4 section and leave 3 in the refrigerator.

4) Cutting circles:
Roll the dough or flatten with the back of your palm, fight stickiness with flour but do not overdo or it will change the crumbly nature of the dough.
Roll out sections of the dough to 1/4th inch width. It may be easier to work with small portions of dough due to stickiness.
With the help of a round floured glass press the dough to cut out circles.
Wet a little the edges of each circle of dough with water.

5) Fill up and form:
Put 1/2 or 1/3 spoon of the poppy seed filling onto the center of a circle. (Do not overfill or the triangle will burst during baking...)
Fold over to create the triangular shape. Press the wetted edges together firmly and put onto the baking dish.
Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

6) Preparing to bake:
Set the oven to 325 F.
Brush the triangles overall with the egg yolk mixed with a tablespoon of cold water

7) Bake:
Bake for 15 minutes or until nice and golden

8) Cool off:
On rack for 25 minutes

9) Sugar powder:
Once in room temperature, sprinkle sugar powder amply.