Another month of the Secret Recipe Club! It’s been an awesome several months of finding new blogs to read and get to know people a wee bit better 
One of my favorite things about SRC is that sometimes it kind of forces me to get outside of my comfort zone. This month I was assigned to post from Koreafornian Cooking, written by Tammy. She seems to have a pretty large passion for Korean food and has loads of recipes with words I can’t pronounce in them! Everything looks super delicious!! I was pretty intimidated by the recipes, I’m usually pretty loyal to my cupcake and cookie recipes.
So I found a cookie recipe 
I decided to go with Chocolate Hamantaschen. It’s a Jewish cookie that is often made for Purim. I’m not Jewish…and Purim starts March 19, so I pretty much made these mostly because chocolate is delicious and so is shortbread which is kind of like what these babies are.
They remind me of little pie crusts with a filling that is a bit brownie-like. Delicious little cookies that satisfy a chocolatey and sweet craving. The way how they are traditionally shaped is sort of in a triangle, but I had a few…um, difficulties with that. None of mine stayed in the triangle form, so unless you know how to shape them and keep them like that, I would recommend just doing the thumbprint cookie technique.
They may not be the prettiest things in the world, but they sure were tasty
Chocolate Hamantaschen
(From Koreafornian Cooking)
FOR COOKIE:
1 3/4 cups flour
pinch of salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 Tablespoons (1 stick plus 2 Tablespoons) (5 oz.) unsalted butter
1 egg
FOR FILLING:
1 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup white sugar
1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 eggs, beaten
- Mix flour, salt, sugar, and vanilla extract. Cut the butter into small pieces and mix into flour (I used my super clean hands for this). Mix in the egg and press it into a ball. Refrigerate covered dough for at least a few hours. I kept mine in the fridge for a whole day.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 3 inch rounds with a cookie cutter. Repeat until all the dough is used up. Shape the dough into a triangle and be sure to pinch the edges well. You may also choose to roll dough into balls and press with your thumb to make an indentation like a thumbprint cookie (I HIGHLY recommend doing it this way!).
- To make the filling, melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring after each heating. Once it’s melted, add the sugar, butter, milk, and vanilla. Return to the microwave for 15-30 seconds to make sure it’s all melted and mixed. Gradually add the beaten egg until it’s completely mixed in. Immediately fill the cookies with the chocolate filling. Bake in 375 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes.
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Great job! I’ve made this type of cookie only once, in my pre-blogging days, and had such a hard time shaping, but my version had a type of jam in the center, I much rather indulge in your interpretation! Have a great reveal day!
Casey these cookies look amazing, I just wanna pluck one right off the my screen! Great job
These look delicious! I have never made (or heard of) them either, but I can see how they would inspire you to get out of your comfort zone!
Glad to see this recipe come back to life.
I had a hard time getting the cookies to keep their shape to until I realized that you have to put the filing in first and then create the triangle shape around it rather than making the triangle and then trying to fill the chocolate in.
Of course since practice, just try it again. Besides why wait until Purim to delight oneself in such a tasty treat?
I love discovering new recipes. I’ve never heard of these before but they look delicious!! Great SRC pick
I made hamantaschen for SRC not too long ago – it’s so good. I bet the chocolate version is really delicious
Sarah E.
http://fantasticalsharingofrecipes.blogspot.com/
I have heard that these cookies are awesome, so this was a perfect pick! Great job!
They look delicious!
Your hamantaschen sure do sound delicious.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my group “A” SRC entry: Double Chocolate Mousse Cake.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
Oh my … don’t these just look fabulous! I too love chocolate and shortbread … I mean, seriously, how can you go wrong with that combo! Great SRC pick!
Never in my life have I heard of hamantaschen— but they do look mighty tasty! You did a great job tackling something new and different and it looks like it came out for you!
I usually make jam-filled hamantaschen … but yours looks so delicious that I will have to give them a try!
These are mouthwatering!!!! Love the chocolate in the middle..great SRC pick!
Oh my, I like brownies and shortbread, so perhaps I would really like these! I wonder what the trick to getting them to stay in triangles is though?
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this before and they look fantastic! What a yummy SRC pick!
yup – those insides look exactly like the kind of cakey chocolatey-ness i like to eat. brownies have a texture i can’t get enough of so i can imagine these would certainly be interesting!
happy belated SRC reveal day!
Hi! Visiting from Group D…these look pretty to me, and very yummy!!!!
These look like perfect little chocolately goodness treats! I love your photos.
What if you put the shortbread part in the bottom of a muffin tin and then add the chocolate? Would it hold shape then?
that’s such a good idea! I bet that would work great!!