Hamantaschen (Gluten-Free)

Cookies

• 8 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 1/4 cup? tapioca starch
• 2 1⁄2 cups King Arthur baking mix (gluten-free)
• 1⁄4 cup? (maybe 1/2) potato starch
• 1/4 cup whole milk plain yogurt

Italian Fig Cookie Filling

• 10 oz Smyrna figs, stems removed
• 1/2 cup pitted dates
• juice of 1/2 orange
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1 oz Gran Gala
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2-4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg
• hot water

Indian Date-Coconut filling

• 1/2 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup shredded dried coconut
• seeds of 2 cardamom pods
• dash of salt