Hey everyone, it’s Kayley, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nastar cookies (indonesian pineapple tarts). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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 recipes and the food customs related to them. 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.

Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook nastar cookies (indonesian pineapple tarts) using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts):

1. Prepare Pineapple jam:
2. Make ready large pineapple or 2 pineapples
3. Make ready caster sugar
4. Make ready salt
5. Make ready cloves
6. Take cinnamon
7. Make ready Egg wash:
8. Make ready eggs yolks
9. Take condense milk
10. Make ready honey
11. Get For the cookies:
12. Make ready unsalted butter
13. Take margarine
14. Make ready allall-purpose flour
15. Take icing mixture
16. Get cornstarch
17. Take milk powder (full cream)
18. Prepare eggs yolks

My usual game plan is a two-day process. The first day I simply prepare the pineapple jam filling and let them chill in the fridge overnight so I can be extra sure it will be completely chilled when I shape my cookies. Every year when Chinese New Year approaches, my mother in law and her sisters all gather together for a multi-day baking marathon, churning out jars and jars of nastar (pineapple jam-filled cookies/pineapple tarts) and pans and pans of lapis legit (thousand layer cake). It could be a loanword from Dutch as Indonesia was occupied by Dutch for more than three centuries.

Steps to make Nastar cookies (Indonesian pineapple tarts):

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.
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.
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.
4. Cover the dough and refrigerate for about 30 minutes until firm. - - Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line several cookie sheets with parchment.
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.
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.

Well, a quick search on the internet revealed the origin of the word Nastar. It is simply an abbreviation of Nanas Tart or pineapple tart, nanas being pineapple in Indonesian language. Etymology aside, I still believe the cookie is from the Dutch. Called "Nastar" in local language, pineapple tarts are basically a cookie with a pineapple filling, in a buttery and crumbly pastry. They are mostly referred as pineapple tarts in Malaysia and Singapore.

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