Hamantashen are traditional cookies with Ashkenazi Jewish origins. The cookies are filled with ingredients such as poppy seeds, apricots, raisins, lekvar prune jam, nuts, dates, raspberries, apples, cherries, figs, chocolate, or halva, and they're shaped into triangles because the cookies are especially popular during Purim, a Jewish holiday.

The shape is a reference to Haman (the villain in the Purim story) and his triangular hat or his ears, depending on who you ask. The dough is usually made with a combination of eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. It's sometimes enriched with vanilla and orange zest.