Disclosure: I got this silicone baking product mentioned below as part of an advertorial. All opinions and content are my own.
I know I just shared some hamentashen the other day, but since those kimchi hamentashen were savory, I decided to share something sweet with you today. I also wanted to feature my awesome new Cuina Silicone baking mat with you. I figured that freshly baked hamentashen were the perfect way to take advantage of both needs. Stay tuned for the end of this post. You’ll have a chance to win your own Silicone baking mat!
It’s Meyer Lemon season apparently. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked with them, but I love the taste. They are much sweeter than traditional lemons. When I saw them at the market, I knew I had to incorporate some of them in to my cooking or baking. I’ve been wanting to make lemon curd since I can’t seem to find one that is kosher certified. I was surprised to find out how easy it is to make the curd.
I combined egg yolk with sugar and heated over medium heat, whisking the whole time. I then juiced and zested the lemons and stirred it in to the egg yolks mixture. I stirred for several minutes, letting it thicken then added a stick of butter. You want the mixture to get thick. It should coat the back of your wooden spoon. Once ready. I transferred to jars and chilled in the refrigerator.
I was debating between lemon rosemary or lemon lavender dough for the hamentashen. I have a foolproof hamentashen dough that I have played with over the years and knew I could make it work for this application. I just had to choose the right herb. I cook with rosemary often, but rarely use lavender – yet I have it in my house. I decided to challenge myself and use the lavender. I know that both herbs work well with lemon anyways, just not necessarily all together.
I mixed up the dough in my Kitchenaid. I then transferred the dough to a rolling mat coated with lots of flour. I rolled out the dough, and with a small drinking glass, I cut rounds of dough. I then shaped in to Hamentashen and transferred to my baking mat lined baking pan.
Now I want to tell you about this Cuina Kitchen brand silicone baking mat. The fine folks at Cuina Kitchen sent it to me and I was so excited since I had never used one before. I always tend to use parchment paper instead. This silicone baking mat allows you to make cookies without any spray or parchment paper. You just place the mat in your half sheet pan and the cookies go on. They didn’t stick at all! It was so simple. Why did I never buy a baking mat before? Anyways, I highly recommend this silicone baking mat. It worked really well. My cookies came out perfectly and there was no sticky mess to clean up. At the bottom of this post, you’ll have your very own chance to win one of these baking mats!
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- Juice and Zest from 4-5 Meyer Lemons (around ½ cup of juice)
- 1 stick butter
- 1 tsp. salt
- Beat the egg yolks with a form lightly and place in a small heavy-bottomed sauce pan, along with the cup of sugar.
- Whisk well over medium heat, letting the sugar melt in.
- Add in the lemon juice and zest and stir with a wooden spoon. Let the mixture thicken a bit.
- Stir in the butter, keep stirring with the wooden spoon until the back of the spoon is coated in the curd mixture.
- Once the curd has thickened, remove from heat, transfer to jars and chill in refrigerator. Enjoy!
- 1 cup lemon curd (see recipe above)
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. ground vanilla
- 1 tbsp. lavender
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 cups flour (plus more for rolling
- 1 tsp. salt
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Mix in the eggs, vanilla and the lavender.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix well until it forms a dough.
- Transfer to a rolling area that has been liberally dusted with flour.
- Make sure to dust your hands and rolling pin as well.
- In batches, roll out the dough to about a ½-inch thickness. Cut out circles of dough with a glass. Place a teaspoon of the filling at the center of the dough round. Pinch corners in well to form a triangle.
- Transfer formed hamentashen to a lined baking mat.
- Bake in oven for around 10-11 minutes.
- Cool on rack.
- Enjoy!
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About Hindy Garfinkel
I would love to make challah on it!
Hamantaschen of course!
Cookies and hamentashen!
I would use the mat for candy making. We are on the same hamentashen wavelenght this year. I also made meyer lemon curd filled ones (in poppy seed dough). I love the addition of lavender, sounds amazing!
I make lots of Hamentaschen and I would love to have a mat to bake them on this year,
I would use it for cookie making of course! (lilbittypanda at aol dot com)
Love that silicone baking mat! I would totally make these first is I had one!
Some hamentasshen!
I haven’t done enormous chocolate chip cookies in a while!
I would love to win one I love to bake and parchment omis ok but I keep on eyeing the silicon baking sheets.
I don’t bake, so I would bake anything!! (y) Then I would bake something for Penina since she doesn’t bake either. 🙂
these look amazing!! definitely going to try them
cookies!
I’d bake cookies!
cookies!!!
Probably cookies.
i would make cookies or scones
chocolate chip cookies
Oh some cinnamon toast on it!
Some homemade biscuits for Sunday breakfast.
Cookies of course!!
Delicious! I can’t wait to make chocolate chip cookies
we would probably have a cookie baking day – but possibly some turnovers too 😉 thanks for the chance!
I would bake some cookies!
I want to say something really cool or interesting!!! But it will probably be chocolate chip cookies. 🙂
Bake some chocolate chip cookies.
I would bake my favorite double chocolate chip cookies, thanks!
probably some cookies or rolls. i’ve always wanted to try a silicone mat!
I w
I want to bake some chocolate chip cookies!
Probably cookies. Always wanted to try one of these.
I would bake cut out cookies. I’m learning decorating techniques! Thanks for this!
I would bake some sugar cookies.
I would make some cinnamon raisin swirl bread!
I would make my son’s favorite vanilla cookie
I would bake some cookies.
i will bake bread! or try!
Love these original hamantaschen – the lavender is such a nice touch! I would love to bake my delicious oatmeal cookies on this mat!
Some mini cheese bites
oh my goodness i love lemon lol those ook delicious.
I would love this mat for when I make empanadas or white chocolate cranberry cookies!
i would make sugar cookies on this baking mat first
I would bake cookies! thanks!
I would make some kind of cookie, I’m sure, because my sous chef (9 year old) would insist! 😉
I love the tang of meyer lemon…these look great!
yum! Sounds wonderful, I love lemon curd. My friend made lime curd from limes she grows and that was fantastic too.
I would bake hmm, scones
Definitely want to bake hamantaschen on that mat!