Dessert

Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen is for Dessert.

Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen takes several minutes to prepare.

Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen takes several minutes to cook.

Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen are:

Cookie Dough:
Butter, Unsalted, Sweet Cream, 8 tbsp
Granulated Sugar, .5 cup
Whole Milk / Vitamin D, .125 cup
Egg, fresh, 1 large
Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
Salt, .125 tsp
all purpose white flour, 200 grams
Ghiradelli Unsweetened Cocoa powder, 50grams

Filling:
Cherries (frozen), 1 cup
Granulated Sugar, .25 cup
Allspice, .25 tsp

Here is how you make Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen:

In large bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.In a small bowl, combine milk, egg, extract, and salt. Whisk to combine.Sift the flour and cocoa together in a separate bowl.Combine 1/3 of the flour mixture with the butter mixture. Mix to combine. Add half of the milk mixture and again mix to combine.Repeat mixing with another 1/3 of the flour, then the milk, and finally with the last of the flour until a shortbread-like dough forms. Add more milk if too stiff and flour if too wet. Chill for at least 1 hour, or overnight.To make filling:In a small saucepan, add cherries with 1/4 cup of water, sugar, and allspice. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Mash cherry mixture or blend in food processor. Place in fridge and allow to cool completely.To assemble and cook:Heat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheet with parchment.Roll out dough on tabletop covered with parchment to 1/4" thickness. Use a bit of flour on parchment if dough sticks Cut dough using a 3 inch round cookie cutter. Place dough rounds on pans. Using a 1/2 tbsp measure, place scoops of cherry filling in center of cookies.Fold sides of each cookie in to form a triangle, allowing filling to be exposed in center.Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes. Immediately remove to parchment covered racks to cool.Serving Size:?Makes ~24 3" cookiesNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KLC-WHITE.

The nutritional information for Chocolate Cherry Hamantashen is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 98.4

• Total Fat: 4.4 g
• Cholesterol: 17.8 mg
• Sodium: 15.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 1.5 g