Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Nastar / Pineapple Cookies

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Yummy melt-in-your-mouth pineapple tarts with easy to shaped dough, won't expand. Nastar (Pineapple shortbread cookies / Tarts) Recipe source: From the oven. Nastar or pineapple-filled cookie is one of the classic popular cookies in Indonesia. You will see it everywhere during Chrismast, Chinese New Year, and Eid-al-Fitr.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nastar / pineapple cookies using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nastar / Pineapple Cookies:

1. Make ready Pineapple jam
2. Prepare 500 g pineapple without peels
3. Prepare 3 g whole cloves *optional or adjust to taste
4. Get 1 cinnamon stick *optional or adjust to taste
5. Take 150 g granulated sugar
6. Take Cookie dough
7. Make ready 37 g unsalted butter
8. Prepare 37 g margarine
9. Prepare 30 g icing sugar
10. Prepare 1 large egg yolk
11. Take 15 g custard powder *can replace with cornstarch
12. Take 120 g all-purpose flour
13. Prepare Egg wash
14. Take 1 large egg yolk
15. Prepare 15 ml (1 tbsp) vegetable oil
16. Take 5 ml (1 tsp) sweetened condensed milk

Unbleached All Purpose Flour, Butter, Pineapple, Eggs, Sugar, Non Fat Dry Milk Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts). I love taking part in cooking and baking challenges! There is so much that you can learn about a country or a culture by researching their traditional. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

Instructions to make Nastar / Pineapple Cookies:

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2. Pineapple jam: Grate the pineapple or blend with a food processor. Transfer the shredded pineapple and its juice along with cinnamon stick and cloves into a heavy-bottom pan. Cook over medium heat and stir occasionally until the liquid is gone.
3. Add sugar and continue cooking until it has a thick jam consistency but with no liquid. Keep stirring towards the end so it does not burn.
4. Remove from the pan and cool it to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (up to a week). It will become easier to handle and less sticky.
5. Divide the pineapple jam evenly into 32 pieces (6g each). Roughly roll each into a ball. Refrigerate until needed.
6. Cookie dough: Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and margarine together for 1 minute on medium speed. Add sugar and beat for another minute just to combine.
7. Add egg yolk and mix briefly for 10 seconds. Then sieve the custard powder and flour into the bowl. Mix until it forms a uniform dough. If the dough feels sticky, add a little more flour (1 teaspoon at a time). Add butter if it's dry. It should be easily formed into a ball without crumbling or sticking.
8. Divide the dough into 32 pieces (8g each). Shape each into a ball.
9. Press the ball in between your palms to make a thin disk. Place 1 piece of pineapple jam on the center. Wrap it and pinch the edges closed. Roll it back into a ball and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with the rest.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 300°F (150°C) for 30 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack before applying egg wash for the second bake.
11. Egg wash: Whisk together all of the ingredients to fully combine.
12. Brush each of the cookies with the egg wash. After the first coat has set, apply a second coat. These multiple coats will conceal any visible cracks and create a shiny yellow crust.
13. Return into the oven at 325°F (160°C) and bake for 10-15 minutes until slightly brown. Let cool then enjoy!

There is so much that you can learn about a country or a culture by researching their traditional. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Enclosed pineapple tarts or what are often called Kue Nenas/ Kue Nastar in Indonesian language is one of the classic popular Chinese New Year cookies in Indonesia. Lumer means melt in the mouth. Nastar, or tananas, are pineapple jam filled cookies.

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