Low-Fat, Delightful Hamantaschen Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 - 4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sweet butter, cut up
1 ripe banana
3 eggs, separated
1/2 pint low-fat vanilla yogurt
jelly or preserves, for filling

Preparation

You really need to do this with clean bare hands (or gloves, if you prefer)--mash the butter and banana into all the dry ingredients in a large bowl until the mixture is crumblike.
Smush in the egg yolks and yogurt. If it's very sticky, add more flour a bit at a time until it is a good, doughy texture.
Divide it into four parts and stick them in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
When you take out the first part, transfer the others to the fridge.
Roll the first part flat, but not too thin.
Flour the rim of a drinking glass and use it to punch out circles of dough, placing them on a greased cookie sheet.
Put a spoonful of filling in the center of each circle and squish up the edges in the shape of a triangle, leaving some of the filling exposed in the middle.
Brush the dough with the egg whites and bake at 350\u00b0 for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Repeat this process with the other three sections of dough.
Remove from cookie sheets, let cool on a wire rack and enjoy.