Low-fat, Delightful Hamantaschen Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2-4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sweet butter, cut up
• 1 ripe banana
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 pint low-fat vanilla yogurt
• jam or jelly or preserves, for filling

Recipe

• 1 you really need to do this with clean bare hands (or gloves, if you prefer)--mash the butter and banana into all the dry ingredients in a large bowl until the mixture is crumblike.
• 2 smush in the egg yolks and yogurt. if it's very sticky, add more flour a bit at a time until it is a good, doughy texture.
• 3 divide it into four parts and stick them in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
• 4 when you take out the first part, transfer the others to the fridge.
• 5 roll the first part flat, but not too thin.
• 6 flour the rim of a drinking glass and use it to punch out circles of dough, placing them on a greased cookie sheet.
• 7 put a spoonful of filling in the center of each circle and squish up the edges in the shape of a triangle, leaving some of the filling exposed in the middle.
• 8 brush the dough with the egg whites and bake at 350º for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
• 9 repeat this process with the other three sections of dough.
• 10 remove from cookie sheets, let cool on a wire rack and enjoy.