Cake Mix Confetti Hamantaschen

Cake Mix Confetti Hamantaschen

Last year I tried Mommzy's recipe for Cake Mix Hamantaschen.  I only had a box of funfetti cake mix in the pantry, so I tried it with that.  The recipe was great, but it was dairy so I didn't pack it in the packages last year.  No matter though, as the kids loved them they were gone in no time!  (it's all about the sprinkles)  Anyway, this year, I wanted to do it again, make them parve.  So this year, I used a regular box of yellow cake mix (P) and added sprinkles.  I also wanted to switch up the filling from last year.  I made a marshmallow filling similar to one used in whoopie pies.  Instead of filling the cookies prior to baking though, I filled them after they cooled a bit.


Cake Mix Confetti Hamantachen

1 box cake mix (I used yellow)

2 Tbs. sprinkles (jimmies)

1 cup flour

2 Eggs

2 Tbs. Water

Marshmallow filling

Mix all the ingredients in a medium-sized bowl until a ball forms.  Roll out dough on a floured surface to approximately 1/8th inch.  Cut 3" circles and pinch closed in to triangle shapes.  Bake at 375 degree oven for about 10 minutes.  Remove cookies to cool on rack.  Fill with marshmallow filling using piping bag.

Marshmallow filling

1/2 cup veg. shortening or margarine

3/4 - 1 cup powdered sugar

1 cup marshmallow fluff

Add the shortening, 3/4 cup of sugar, and marchmallow fluff to the bowl of a mixer.  Mix ingredients together on a medium speed until a thick, speading consistency is reached.   Another 1/4 cup of powdered sugar may be needed to thicken the filling.  Transfer filling to a piping bag with a star tip, or a ziptop baggie. 

Cookies baked (without filling)

Finished cookie..yum!

Menu Plan Monday - 3/5/12

Purim this week.  I finished our gift packages.  Hopefully, they will be out to the post office this morning.  So glad to have all that baking done.  Right now there are plenty of leftovers, but we'll see if they make it to Wednesday/Thursday!  I might have to hide some Hamantaschen in the freezer!  I will try to post some pictures of the packages later.  The cake mix hamantaschen came out great, too!  I figured out how to make them parve this year to put them in the packages.

Monday - Chicken Pot Pie (Actually Bott Boi)  with noodles.

Tuesday - Pasta night.

Wednesday - Fish Tacos, avocado, salsa

Thursday - Stuffed Shells with spinach (Miss D's request)

Friday - Spaghetti and meatballs, Challah, salad

Looking for more recipes, please check out MPM at orgjunkie.com

Menu Plan Monday - 2/27/12

Oh, boy.  No real menu plan last week.  School was off for Winter Break, so we didn't have much of a plan.  Thankfully the weather was nice and warming up.  Spring allergies have started here.  I need to start planning (and baking) for Purim packages.  Here's a peek from last year.  I know we will be making the traditional ones, but the funfetti ones were such a hit I really feel like making them, too!  Perhaps I need to make an inventory of the baking supplies I have (oh, dear that's a job).  But before all of that, I need to make strawberry jam.  The Florida strawberries are rolling in to the stores now, which means soon enough our local u-pick farm will open.  Yeah, Spring is arriving!!!

Menu Plan:

Monday -   Chicken Continental with rice and sauteed spinach.

Tuesday -   Pasta night, veggies and dip.

Wednesday - Orange Beef, stir-veggies

Thursday - Homemade pizza

Friday - Baked tilapia, challah, not sure what else.

For more menu ideas, please visit MPM at orgjunkie.com

Menu Plan Monday - 2/13/12

Menu Plan Monday

Missed last week to post the menu.  The kids and hubby came down with a cold last weekend.  Everyone is on the mend now, but it was a slow start to the week.  This weekend the weather was blustery and cold.  We've been fueling up on citrus fruit and comfort foods.  I made some broccoli cheese soup in homemade bread bowls that was super yummy.  And I made the always popular spaghetti and meatballs on the weekend.  Looking forward to milder weather by the end of the week.  I am so done with winter already!

 
Monday - A BIG batch of chili.  Homemade french bread.

Tuesday - Heart-Shaped Pizza I think this is becoming a tradition.  We've definitely had this the past few years, and was requested again this year.

Coeur a la Creme With Strawberries

I'm keeping the dessert a bit easier than last year.  If you would like to check out last year's V-day dessert: Heart Cake inspired by iambaker.  It was incredible, but a bit time-consuming.


Wednesday - Baked Chicken "tenders" with asparagus

Thursday - Pasta -

Friday - Roasted Chicken, Challah, carrots

Looking for more menu ideas, please visit MPM at orgjunkie.com

Menu Plan Monday - 1/30/12

Menu Plan Monday -

Keeping this short today.  Added a few recipes this weekend: one for Honeybell Orange Marmalade and one for Golden Raisin Biscuit Cookies. 

Honeybell Orange Marmalade

Golden Raisin Biscuit Cookies

Monday - Turkey Tacos (with frozen shredded turkey meat), avocado

Tuesday - Baked Pasta Casserole.  Similar to this one, minus the meat and I will "bake" it in the Crock-pot on low for 2-3 hours.

Wednesday -   Orange Chicken with stir fry veggies.  Made a double batch of the orange glaze from the great Honeybell oranges so I have some for another time!


Thursday - Pizza Night!

Friday - Grilled Fish (weather permitting),veggies, Challah

Weekend - still planning the Super Bowl menu...stay tuned...


Looking for more menu ideas, please visit MPM at orgjunkie.com

Golden Raisin Biscuit Cookies

Golden Raisin Biscuit Cookies

I'm trying to catch up on some recipes posts.  I actually made these in the summer and promised to make them again (I did not..oops!)  Anyway, this recipe was for my husband.  He grew up eating these cookies made from the Sunshine company (and now are discontinued).   There are a few recipes with the same name out there, but this recipe (posted on Allrecipes, but also many other sources) is the one I started with to recreate my husband's favorite.  I altered the recipe a bit.  I used vegetable shortening for the oil to get a flakier crust.  Additionally, after brushing the top with the egg, I sprinkled it with sugar.  While the end result was not exact (at least I am told) to the original, it did put a smile on my husband's face and that's a success in my book!  Anyone else remember these cookies?  Have you tried any recipes to recreate an old favorite?

Honeybell Orange Marmalade

Honeybell Orange Marmalade

Recently we received a box of honeybell oranges from Florida (thanks Mom!).  If you have never had these particular oranges they are extremely heavy with juice and very sweet.  I saw this recipe via punk domestics.  I think the oranges this year were particularly large.  The recipe uses 5 oranges to make 3 cups of orange pulp.  I used five oranges and ended up with 5 cups of pulp.  I needed to do a bit of recalculation on the sugar measurement.  I didn't end up adding any extra rind with it (and probably should have).  The result was a very "soft" jam, but very yummy!  I ended up with 6 half-pints full.  The recipe is pretty straight-forward and easy except for the more labor-intensive removal of the zest.   A little taste of sunshine in January!