How do you take one culture’s cookie and make it even better?
Only with Nutella.
Malka Dubrawsky reimagined hamentaschen – the sweet, three-cornered cookies with a soft filling in honor of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts tomorrow – by baking them with Nutella. Per tradition, the festive treats generally feature various fruit fillings, including apricot, apple or cherry jam, prunes or poppy seeds. While terribly tasty with all different flavors, a modern update doesn’t hurt. Not that everyone agrees: “This looks delicious but yeah, they’re not hamentaschen,” commented a follower of the TODAY Tumblr. “Blasphemy! Jam or it didn’t happen!” echoed Entertainment Weekly.
Not that this bothers the cookie creator. She understands that people can get possessive of their favorite foods.
“I'm especially tickled by the folks who claim that they're not genuine hamantaschen,” Dubrawsky wrote TODAY.com. “Sort of like the way I feel about cinnamon-raisin bagels.”
Related: Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated in Israel
Get the recipe for traditional hamentaschen