4 eggs

1 cup oil

1- 1/4 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

5- 1/2 cups flour

Check the eggs for spots.

Mix the eggs together with the oil, sugar and vanilla.

Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together and add to the egg-sugar mixture.

Roll out and cut with round cookie cutter; fill with the filling your choice. Fold into triangles as hamantaschen shape. Brush the unbaked hamantaschen with egg white and sprinkle with sugar before baking.

NOTE: This is a LARGE recipe and may be halved conveniently. When cutting and rolling out the dough, cover the piece of dough which is not yet being used with a piece of plastic wrap so it does not dry out.