Grandma Sally's Hamentaschen
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INGREDIENTS Dough 1-1/4 cups melted shortening 1 cup sugar 3 eggs, beaten 1 grated lemon (whole fruit, Not just peel) 4 cups flour (scant), sifted with 1 teaspoon salt and 3 teaspoons baking powder Filling (fills 1/2 of dough recipe) 2 pounds partly cooked pitted prunes 5 tablespoons jelly (whatever kind you have on hand) 1 cup raisins 1 orange or 1/2 lemon 1 cup nuts Shake of cinnamon Combine the dough ingredients to form dough. Grind the filling ingredients together with a food grinder. Roll out the dough and cut circles with a glass. Put a spoonful of filling in the center of each circle, and fold up sides of the dough to form triangular filled cookies. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly browned. For a poppyseed filling, just use the Solo Filling from the can. I've made my own hamentaschen using various jams for filling, with success. Good luck!