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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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29 responses to “Nut-Free Chocolate Hamantaschen”
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…
Judy, thanks for your comment! I made these last night and my yield was 12, even with some people sneaking a bit of dough :-)
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!
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.
I haven’t had these in years! Thanks for bringing up those memories!
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