Triple Chocolate Hamantaschen
For the chocolate dough:
½ cup butter or margarine
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk of choice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/8 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
For the white chocolate drizzle:
½ cup white chocolate chips
2 tsp vegetable oil
Nutella
Taken from The Nosher.
Dough
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Beat the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add egg, milk and vanilla until mixed thoroughly. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl. Add dry mixture to wet mixture until incorporated.
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If the dough is too soft, increase flour amount by 1/4 cup of flour until firm.
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Chill dough for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
To make the cookies
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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Dust your work surface with powdered sugar or flour to keep from sticking. Roll the dough to about ¼ inch thick.
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Using a round cookie cutter, cut out and place onto cookie sheet. To keep the dough from sticking to your cutter, dip in powdered sugar or flour before each cut.
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Fill cookies with scant 1/2 teaspoon nutella.
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Bake for 7-9 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely.
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To make white chocolate drizzle: Place white chocolate and vegetable oil in a small glass bowl. Heat in the microwave at 30 second intervals until melted. Mix until completely smooth.
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Drizzle white chocolate back and forth on cookies. Allow to dry completely on a cooling rack before serving or packaging.