Hamantashen II

4 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

1 ¼ cups white sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

5 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling

Beat eggs, add oil and mix. Add the sugar, vanilla, baking powder and salt. Add the flour gradually and mix well.

Refrigerate a few hours or overnight.

Kneed dough until it becomes soft enough to roll. Cut dough with three inch cup or three inch round cookie cutters. Put about 1 tablespoon of pie filling into the middle of each circle. Fold up the edges of the circle into the middle and pinch together.

Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 20 minutes.