Hamantaschen (Best Ever!) Recipe

Directions:

1. For the filling, simply chop all the ingredients fine in your food processor and mix well.
2. For the dough, cream sugar and eggs.
3. Add oil and mix until it turns pale yellow and is no longer shiny.
4. Mix in lemon and vanilla.
5. In another bowl combine flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
6. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet. When it becomes difficult to mix, add more flour and knead.
7. Preheat oven to 375°F.
8. To assemble cookies, roll out dough (in batches) to desired thickness (maybe a little thinner than 1/4 ) and cut into circles of desired size (can use cookie cutter, inverted glass, etc). Put a dollop of filling in the center of each cookie and fold up into a triangular shape, pinching the corners and leaving the center open so that the filling peeks out.
9. Bake cookies for about 15 minutes until they are beginning to brown. I've always greased the cookie sheet very lightly with non-stick spray, but I don't know that you need to.