May’s Humentashen

By jojomail1

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• Rind of 1 lemon
• Juice of 1 orange
• 5 to 6 cups flour
• 4 heaping tsps baking powder
• 2 —3 lb. Prunes
• 1 lb. raisins
• 1 cup walnuts (optional)
• Rind of 1/2 lemon
• Sugar to taste if necessary
• Dates (optional)

Details

Servings 24

Preparation

Step 1

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites stiff. Add yokes and sugar by hand. Add boiling water. Beat well. Add balance of ingredients.
Knead into a small lump of dough. Roll out and cut circles with a glass or large cookie cut-ter.
Fill with a large tsp of: filling.

Pinch in the sides to form the triangles. Glaze with beaten eggs before baking at 350 de-grees.