Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts)

Name: How to cook Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

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Kezia's Kitchen 👩‍🍳

Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts)

Christmas is coming soon and it's time to make Christmas cookies, and this is really very traditional in my home country Indonesia, when Christmas day or Eid day coming we always make this yummy cookies. Pineapple cookies or nastar are small, bite-size pastries filled with or topped with pineapple jam, found in different parts of Asia.

Ingredient

large pineapple or 2 pineapples

200 gram

caster sugar

1/2 tsp

salt

cloves

2 stick

cinnamon

eggs yolks

1 tsp

condense milk

1 tsp

honey

250 gram

unsalted butter

250 gram

margarine

700 gram

all-purpose flour

180 gram

icing mixture (fine granulated sugar)

40 gram

cornstarch

100 gram

milk powder (full cream)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

For the jam : Peeled the pineapples and rub with some salt and then wash with clean water. Slice and blend with the blender until you get a smooth mixture Mix all ingredients and put them in a saucepan and let it simmer with low heat for few hours. Stir it occasionally until you get dry and thick mixture. Shape into small balls and place on baking paper-lined tray. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until needed.

* Step 2

For the eggs wash: Mix together all ingredients in a small bow. Make sure the honey is dissolved well and the mixture is no longer lumpy.

* Step 3

For the cookies doug : Mix butter, sugar, and egg yolks until soft and light. Add the dry ingredients (both flours and milk powder) and mix until fully incorporated. If the mixture too wet, add some flour.

* Step 4

Cover the dough and refrigerate for about 30 minutes until firm.

* Step 5

Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Make a depression in the center of each ball and fill with pineapple jam filling. Pinch the edges of the dough back around the filling, and turn seam side down. Place on baking trays about 2 inches apart.

* Step 6

Bake for 15 minutes, take it out. Brush the tops of each cookie with egg wash and bake for another 15 minutes until shiny and golden. Cool on wire racks.