Recipe of Award-winning Nastar / Pineapple Cookies

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nastar / pineapple cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

Nastar / Pineapple Cookies is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Nastar / Pineapple Cookies is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have nastar / pineapple cookies using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nastar / Pineapple Cookies:

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

The origin of the Dutch language of "Tart Ananas". The shape of this cookies are round with a diameter of. Pineapple tart cookies are Chinese New Year must have cookies. If you love to really stuff your nastar with pineapple jam filling, feel free to make a double batch of the pineapple filling.

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!

Pineapple tart cookies are Chinese New Year must have cookies. If you love to really stuff your nastar with pineapple jam filling, feel free to make a double batch of the pineapple filling. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Nastar, or tananas, are pineapple jam filled cookies. Peel pineapple, wash and make pineapple purée.

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