| 1 | Sift the flour. |
| 2 | Cream the butter and cream cheese until well blended. |
| 3 | Gradually add the flour, mixing and make a ball of dough. |
| 4 | Refrigerate overnight. |
| 5 | Combine the mohn filling ingredients. |
| 6 | It may take a little more, or a little less, than about 8 oz of honey; use enough to hold the mixture together. |
| 7 | Roll out the dough (not too thin) and cut into 3-inch squares. |
| 8 | Fill each square with about 1 t of mohn and fold the dough square over to make a triangle. |
| 9 | Bake on a greased pan at 350 °F. |
| 10 | Until golden brown, about 20 minutes. |
| 11 | Notes: * a triangular filled pastry -- hamantashen are a triangular pastry, traditionally eaten during the jewish holiday of purim. |
| 12 | Purim celebrates the failure of the evil haman in his attempt to exterminate the jews; haman wore a three-cornered hat. |
| 13 | Yield: makes a bunch. |
| 14 | : difficulty: easy. |
| 15 | : time: 1 hour preparation (in two ?hour pieces), 20 minutes baking. |
| 16 | : precision: measure the pastry ingredients carefully. |
| 17 | : alan m. |
| 18 | Marcum : sun microsystems, mountain view, california : sun!nescorna!marcum : |
