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Hamantaschen

1 pkg active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 pound (1 cup) butter at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
2 3/4 cups regular all-purpose flour (unsifted)

Prune Filling

Cinnamon sugar (1 TBSP sugar mixed with 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon)


In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Meanwhile, in a large bowl beat butter, 1/2 cup sugar and egg yolks until fluffy and lemon colored; stir in yeast mixture. Add flour gradually, blending well with a spoon. Dough will be soft. Cover and chill 2 hours or overnight.

Turn dough onto a lightly floured pastry cloth or board; roll out 1/8 inch thick. Cut out in rounds, using a 3 to 4 inch cutter. Place 1 to 2 teaspoons filling in the center of each round, then lift the edges at three equidistant points and pinch together over the filling. Pinch seams from center to each point of triangular bun, tightly sealing the filling inside. Transfer onto a greased cooky sheet.

Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until pastry looks lighter and slightly puffy. Filling may peek out a little; if you wish, pinch edges to reseal, but it’s not absolutely necessary so long as pastry holds its triangular shape. Beat egg whites lightly and brush over tops. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15-20 min or until golden brown. Cool on racks. Serve warm or cool completely to freeze and serve later. To reheat, place in a single layer on an ungreased cooky sheet and bake in a 300 oven for 10-12 min or until warm. Makes 24-36 Hamantaschen.

Prune Filling: Cook 1 cup pitted prunes, chopped, in 1 cup of water until very soft and plump. Drain well. Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/8 tsp ground gloves, and 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel; stir and mash until filling is consistency of thick jam.

Apricot filling: In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 cup EACH finely chopped dried apricots and almonds, 2 TBSP EACH honey and melted butter and 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon or ginger.

Raisin poppy seed: In a small bowl, mix together 5 TBSP poppy seed, 3/4 cup raisins 2 TBSP EACH honey and melted butter and 2 tsp lemon peel.

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The Lion roars tonight. Well, July 1st.

If you're a Mac user and you're considering the move to Lion, which is required for iCloud, you better do a lot of homework first.

There are a lot of programs you may be using and even NEED that may not run on Lion.

Intel and Universal programs will run. PPC programs will not.

Appleworks database and Fishpad are two that I use a LOT. I can't afford to replace Appleworks with Filemaker Pro.

There are some scanners and printers that will no longer run on Lion. Whether they have updated drivers or not is in question. My Canon i850 will run. I don't care about my scanner.

Then there's my Wacom tablet. I'm not replacing that. That's several hundred dollars. There is NOTHING wrong with my Wacom tablet. So there better be a driver for it that works.

Now. I've got Office 2008. It says Universal. It should work. However, it *is* Microsoft and they do have an Office 2011 out. So there is every possibility 2008 won't work just so you have to fork out to buy the upgrade. It's Microsoft. It's what they do.

What is the solution?

Well, first there's DON'T UPGRADE. You can access your mail from iCloud but not on your computer. That is annoying but doable. Of course you won't be able to access your calendar from your computer either or sync it with another computer. Also annoying.

Dual Boot. I've never done this before but if I have to I'll learn. Right now both my intel and my PPC computers work so I don't need a new computer. But if I do, I am sure making it a dual boot so I can access my older programs under Snow Leopard.

Third. There's bite the bullet, open your wallet and buy upgrades or new programs for everything you need and cry over everything that won't work any more.

You can learn more about how to tell what will work and what won't HERE.