Purim is such a fun festival and the perfect time for making Hamantaschen. Since so many of you have nut allergies I’ve created these Nut-Free Chocolate Hamantaschen. Like all of my recipes, these Purim cookies are also gluten-free and grain-free.
Nut-Free Chocolate Hamantaschen
It took some time to perfect these Hamantachen and we’re so happy with the result. Making gluten-free cookies without grains, nuts, butter, and sugar is not an easy challenge! While I typically use almond flour to make cookies, here I use coconut flour.
Coconut Flour Hamantaschen
This is a very dense flour that is highly absorbent and soaks up tons of liquid and fat. In my experience, coconut flour yields fantastic muffins, cakes, as well as other fluffy baked goods. I also have this nut-free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe made with coconut flour.
How to Make Hamantaschen
First, this dough yields a cookie that is more flaky and crispy than typical Hamantaschen. Second, I’ve created a double chocolate Hamantaschen cookie. I have other Hamantaschen recipes below that use the traditional fruit paste or jam filling. Since we were in an extra decadent mood I created a chocolate filling that pairs exquisitely with the chocolate cookie exterior.
How to Store Hamantaschen
Because this recipe uses coconut flour these traditional Jewish cookies are best cooled for 3-4 hours, then stored in an air tight container on the counter for 48 hours. If you wish to keep them for longer, place that air tight container in the fridge for up to one week. Baked goods made with coconut flour will get very dry if you leave them out becoming inedible. In contrast, I store my almond flour cookies uncovered on the counter also for up to 48 hours.
Nut Free Chocolate Hamantaschen
Ingredients
- 2 ounces chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 3 tablespoons palm shortening
- 1 large egg
- 1 ounce chocolate chips, chopped
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse chocolate, coconut flour, and coconut sugar until the texture of sand
- Pulse in shortening and egg
- Using your hands, roll one tablespoon of dough into a ball
- Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet, and flatten
- Place chopped chocolate in center of each circle
- Pinch 3 corners of each circle very firmly to form a triangle
- Bake at 350°F for 6-8 minutes
- Serve
How to Make Hamantaschen Video
Here is a quick video tutorial on how to make Hamantaschen. It will be of great help for those of you that have not ever made these Purim cookies, and also offer some nifty shortcuts to more experienced hamantaschen creators!
If you are on an egg-free diet and this nut-free Hamantaschen recipe using coconut flour and eggs does not work with your food allergies or dietary restrictions, I recommend trying one of my egg-free Hamantaschen recipes.
More Gluten-Free Hamantaschen Recipes
Here are my other gluten-free Purim cookie recipes, perfect for your gift baskets, or Shalach Manos. Purim gift baskets are also referred to as Mischloach Manot, Michloach Manos, and other combinations of Yiddish and Hebrew that I learned when I lived in Jerusalem. Chag Purim!
- Gluten-Free Raspberry Hamantaschen Gluten-free, grain-free Hamantaschen filled with fruit sweetened raspberry jam. These are easy to make, and a relatively traditional recipe, especially if you use apricot jam or prune filling in place of the raspberry jam for filling.
- Gluten-Free Chocolate Hamantaschen with Raspberry Filling A very tasty, yet quick and easy recipe for the traditional Jewish Purim cookie, the chocolate dough consists of four ingredients and the filling is made of fruit sweetened raspberry jam. Can you say, “fast food Hamantaschen?!” Make this if you are an on the go carpooling parent.
- Gluten-Free Hamantaschen with Currant Filling A triangular pastry of almond flour with homemade filling consisting of currants, lemon rind and vanilla. My first Hamantaschen recipe, I brought these treats to my boys’ classes at the Waldorf school for Purim when they were little. One of my first cookie recipes.
Alan says
Elana, can you workyour magic on this one:
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/savory-leek-and-feta-hamantaschen-recipe/?utm_source=Nosher_Maropost&utm_campaign=Nosher&utm_medium=email
Elana says
Alan, OMG that looks amazing. I will add it to my list of requests :-)
judy e says
Instead of 3tb shortening I used 2tb and added 1tb olive oil… Plus 1 tb finely crushed cashews. So not dry at all. However, this recipe only made 9 hammentashen for me…
Elana says
Judy, thanks for your comment! I made these last night and my yield was 12, even with some people sneaking a bit of dough :-)
Beth says
I had the same experience with this recipe as many did here, dough was not very pliable and when I tried to fold the cookies over the chocolate, all they did was split and crumble at the fold, so I had to piece them back together and even though they tasted good, they looked awful and were a bit dry. Needless to say I did NOT win our Purim hamantaschen contest!
Jeanne J says
Looking forward to trying these! I just wanted to note that I store my almond flour cookies, etc. in the fridge in an airtight glass or plastic container with a paper towel below the baked good (scone, brownie, chocolate chip cookie, cake.) Almond flour seems to absorb liquid from the air, here @ sea level anyway. If I leave the cookies etc. out, they get soggy. If I refrigerate them, there’s no issue, and they last a week. I re-heat the scones in the oven, 225-275 degrees for about 10 mins. The cookies, cakes and brownies are good cold or we let them come to room temp before serving.
Clever Girl Reviews says
I haven’t had these in years! Thanks for bringing up those memories!