• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Rind of 1 lemon, grated
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 5 cups flour
• 2 tsps. baking powder

Fillings: 1 pound prepared mohn filling (poppy seed) or 1 pound lekvar (apple or prune butter) or see Poppy Bars, page 438, for Poppy Seed Filling

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease cookie sheets.

3. Beat eggs adn sugar.

4. Add remaining ingredients, and mix well.

5. Divide into four parts.

6. Proceed to assemble according to Hamantashen illustrated (page 408) and bake for 20 minutes.

Note: if glaze is desired, brush with beaten egg.