Nastar ( Cookies with pineapple filling )

Finally i made this Indonesian cookies, which we always have during Chinese New Year.
so for Chinese in Indonesia, we of course celebrate Chinese New Year, before the Chinese New Year, we prepare various cookies, some of them which are popular is this Nastar. i got the recipe from my friend, she has ever made this cookies for me & it was really good, so that i asked her the recipe. hehe
This is the first time i cut a pineapple, it's so hard remembering how i always see my aunt cut pineapple for us to eat, it seems to easy but actually it's not.

Ingredients :

Dough :
- Butter 275gr
- Caster Sugar 80gr
- 4 eggs yolk
- Plain flour 450gr

Filling :
- 1 Pineapple
- Sugar 225gr

Egg wash :
- 2 eggs yolk
- 1 eggs white

Methods :

Filling :
1. Shred or mash the pineapple & put into a medium pot. put in the sugar & cook until caramel color & quite dry.

2. transfer into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap & put into the fridge.

Dough :
1. Put butter & caster sugar into the mixing bowl, mix with electrical mixer in slow speed, put in egg yolk one by one. mix well.
2. at last put in the flour in 4 times, mix in fast speed.

3. Put in a bowl, cover with the plastic wrap & put in the fridge.

4. Let inside the fridge for about 1 hour, take out & start to make the shape & fill the pineapple.
5. Grease the baking tray with the grease paper.

6. Pre-heat over 180C, bake for 10 minutes, take out & brush the egg wash, bake again for another 10-15 minutes or until the tops turn nicely golden brown.

Tips :
- Don't take all the dough out from the fridge while you are going to shape it, take a few which enough to make 8-10. this is to prevent the dough become dry.