purim recipes

Purim 2021

Dear Sis,

We started our celebration yesterday. William took fruit filled pastries to school to share with his classmates and Carter’s family came over to have a festive dinner with us. 

I made five-bean soup, toss salad, warmed a loaf of challah I bought from a local international foods market, and roasted a chicken. Mama Jenn brought mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, corn, and green beans. William made a simple and delicious Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie for dessert. 

Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie

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Course Dessert
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pre-made graham cracker crust
  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 2 T powdered sugar
  • 4 oz whipped topping, thawed
  • 1 (3.9) oz. pkg chocolate pudding mix
  • 1 3/4 c whole milk

Instructions
 

  • Cream together cream cheese and sugar. Fold in whipped topping. Spread into prepared crust.
  • Whisk together pudding mix and milk until smooth and thick. Spread over cream cheese layer. Chill a few hours to set.
  • Garnish with additional whipped topping and milk chocolate chips.

Our Purim Checklist

  • Read the story of Esther twice, The Queen Who Saved Her People by Tilda Baldly with noise makers.
  • Share a festive meal with friends and dress up.
  • Bake Hamantaschen and share them with Jewish friends.
  • Call and chat with Jewish friends. (Replaces going to temple during a pandemic)
  • Donate food to those in need. 

William got a new, larger rolling pin for Purim.

He also got a piggy bank and some change to put in it!

Charlotte, who is pig crazed, got a stuffed pig and a book:

Little Pig by L. Rigo

A Visitor

Our festive weekend happened to line up with William’s weekend with the class pet. A stuffed hedgehog, Quilly, was part of all our holiday happenings.

Love,

b

Purim Baskets

Dear Sis,

I woke up to these sweet faces:

Today we took some time to prepare for Purim. We assembled our purim baskets to share with three Jewish friends/families and our pantry donation box for the poor.

We made Better than Boxed Brownies last night, repackaged some dry apricots, and whipped up a batch of Spiced Nuts, just in time to drop off them off at the post office before closing. 

Spiced Nuts
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Ingredients
  1. 1 egg white + 1 t cold water, beaten
  2. 1 1/3 c whole almonds
  3. 1 1/3 c pecan halves
  4. 1 1/3 c whole walnuts
  5. 1/2 c sugar
  6. 1 t pumpkin pie spice
  7. 1/4 t salt
Instructions
  1. Grease a jellyroll pan. Preheat oven to 250.
  2. Coat nuts in beaten egg mixture. In another dish, combine sugar, spice, and salt. Pour over nuts and toss until evenly coated. Pour into prepared pan.
  3. Bake 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes.
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b

Pizza Hamantaschen

Dear Sis,

These super easy pizza bites are perfect for toddlers at Purim!

We used a packaged refrigerator section pizza dough to save time and effort. 

We got 1 dozen 2 1/2 inch circles. If we had taken the time to roll out the leftover dough,we would have gotten a few more:)

We placed a dollop of sauce in the center of each dough circle and topped it with one slice of turkey pepperoni, some turkey sausage, and a bit of shredded cheese. Then we folded them into triangles like traditional Hamantaschen cookies and baked them.

We used the temperature suggested on the dough package and just kept a close eye knowing they wouldn’t need to bake anywhere near the suggested 20 minutes:)

Happy Purim!

Love,

b

Traditional Hamantaschen

Dear Sis,

We made traditional jelly filled Hamantaschen cookies in the morning to share with our Jewish neighbors and munch on throughout the day. 

Hamantaschen
Yields 30
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Ingredients
  1. 4 oz cream cheese, soft
  2. 1/2 c unsalted butter, soft
  3. 1/4 c granulated sugar
  4. 1 t vanilla extract
  5. 1/4 t salt
  6. 1 c unbleached flour
  7. 1/4 c apricot preserves
  8. 1/4 c raspberry preserves
  9. 1 egg white, beaten
Instructions
  1. Cream together cheese, butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until fluffy.
  2. Stir in flour until dough forms. Wrap in plastic and chill 30 min - overnight.
  3. Line baking sheets with parchment.
  4. Full dough on a floured/powdered sugared surface to 1/8". Cut 2 1/2" disks and place on prepared sheets.
  5. Warm preserves in microwave slightly to make more pliable. Fill each cookie center with preservers.
  6. Brush egg white around edges, fold into a triangle, press, to seal.
  7. Chill 30 minutes before baking!
  8. Bake cookies 12 minutes at 350.
Adapted from Saveur
Adapted from Saveur
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William rolled out a half dozen of his own. They turned out so much like the rest it was hard to tell them apart. My kitchen helper is getting better all the time:) …still pretty messy with the flour though.

Happy Purim!

Love,

b