Have you ever tried Hamantaschen??? They’re wonderful, triangle shaped pastries traditionally eaten on the Jewish holiday of Purim! Hamantaschen are named for Haman, the villain in the story of Purim. I thought it would be fun to make a gluten, grain, and dairy-free version of these delicious cookies out of cassava flour! Because anyone who knows me knows I must make cassava flour versions of EVERYTHING I enjoyed before I cut out gluten from my diet. Why should healthy eaters miss out??? With cassava flour, there’s literally zero deprivation as a grain-free, paleo eater!!! I filled mine with St. Dalfour Fruit Spread. What will you use to fill yours???
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Blend dry ingredients in a large bowl, including cassava flour, pink Himalayan salt, baking soda, and xanthan gum.
In a second bowl blend egg, maple syrup, vanilla, and palm shortening with an electric mixer.
Add the contents of the two bowls together, along with the water, and blend until a dough is formed. (Full blending will likely require using your hands if you do not have a stand mixer.)
Roll out dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper (to prevent dough from sticking to rolling pin) to about 1/8" thick. If dough is too thick or thin, it will be difficult to mold the circles created into triangle shapes.
Using a cookie cutter or glass, cut out 18-20 dough circles, re-rolling extra dough as needed until all dough is used.
Place a spoonful of filling into the center of each dough circle.
Carefully fold the right end of each dough circle while pinching it together between your thumb and forefinger to form one corner of the Hamantaschen triangle.
Then fold up the left side of the dough circle, while using both hands to pinch dough together on each side, forming the next 2 triangle corners.
Place each filled, Hamantaschen triangle on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
Allow to cool before enjoying these delicious treats!