Hamantaschen, a cookie bursting with history

This week at Breads Bakery in New York City, one cookie is bound to outsell the rest. "Hamantaschen are the most perfect little cookie," said owner Gadi Peleg. "The most requested item that we get to continue to do all year is hamantaschen."

Hamantaschen, a triangular-shaped cookie, is served during the Jewish holiday of Purim, which begins Wednesday.

In the days leading up to Purim, Peleg expects to sell as many as 10,000 cookies a day, with a variety of fillings: chocolate ("sort of like a brownie nestled inside the cookie"), poppy seeds, or jam.