Remove and soften the dough slightly when ready to make the cookies. Using a little bit of dry flour, roll the dough out to a roughly 1/4-inch-thick circle. Using a 3-inch cutter cut circles of ...

The triangular cookie is meant to symbolize the three-cornered hat worn by the holiday’s villain, Haman. It’s typically stuffed with a fruit or poppy seed filling . 10.

Hamantaschen – a three-cornered cookie meant to represent Haman's three-cornered hat. The cookie usually includes some kind of fruit filling, but savory and other sweet options exist too.

The cookie has its origins in medieval Germany, where mohntaschen, triangular pockets filled with poppy seeds, were commonly eaten, according to Haber, who works as a food tour guide in Jerusalem.