The difference is pretty minor. In some ways, it’s easier. It’s indoors, the lighting is infinitely better and it’s not as smokey. First you start by toasting a marshmallow to golden perfection. You’ll need to try at least 2 or 3 of them to make sure that they’re still good.
Roast the next one in the fireplace, get ready to make a s’more.
When it’s perfectly golden you put it in between two honey graham crackers and then insert a piece of chocolate, pressing down every so slightly to make it all stick together.
You take a bite and smile if it’s good.
I guess that they were good! Sometimes they’re kind of sticky to eat.
I decided to make Hamantashen for a Purim party at Oraynu. I used a nice tasting dough recipe but it was a very soft dough and needed to be refrigerated for a couple of hours. I rolled out the dough and put a dollop of Date filling on each circle.
The date filling was really straightforward and fresh tasting. I took a package of pitted dates, chopped it up and threw it in the blender with some orange juice, cinnamon and a little almond extract.
- 1 1/4 cups packed pitted dates (about 10 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon packed finely grated fresh orange zest
- 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons water if necessary
I folded up the cookies and froze them overnight and then baked them at 350 for about 12 minutes. My husband is taking them into work today.
