Kue kering (cookies) for Eid festival

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Eid is one of Islam festival, which in Indonesia is the biggest festival, when Jakarta is empty because almost half of the population go to their own hometown to meet their family, friends and also for holiday.

In this festival, normally people cook and bake a lot. Among of those cakes and cookies are “Nastar” (Pineapple jam cookie) and “Kastengel” (Cheese cookie). And this time I will put them on my blog.

Nastar:

    Pineapple jam:

    1 pineapple (grated or blended)

    100 gr sugar

    5 cloves

    ½ stick of cinnamon

    pinch of salt

Cook all ingredients until dry. Put aside.

    Nastar dough:

    300 gr flour

    1 tbsp milk powder

    2 tbsp corn flour

    50 gr sugar powder

    25 gr parmesan cheese (grated)

    3 egg yolks

    250 gr butter

    2 egg yolks (to wash)

Mix butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the rest ingredients and mix it using wooden spoon (no hand).

Take approximately 1 tbsp, round it and make a hole in the middle, fill with pineapple jam and close it. Shape it like half moon (or round).

Put on cake tray covered with butter and flour and bake for 15 minutes. Take the cookies out and wash with egg yolk and bake it again for 5 minutes or until golden brown.

Kastengel:

     125 gr butter

     2 egg yolks

     25 gr corn flour

     200 gr flour

     ½ tsp baking powder

     100 gr edam cheese (grated)

     50 gr parmesan cheese (grated 

     for topping)

     2 egg yolks (to wash)

Mix butter and egg until fluffy and add the rest ingredients, mix it with wooden spoon (no hand). Roll it for 1 cm thick and cut rectangle.

Put on cake tray covered with butter and flour, wash with egg yolk and put parmesan cheese on top.

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

When I make Nastar, I run out of pineapple jam, I use the dough for another cookies, I called it “Blackberry Tart”

With nastar dough, same like nastar but fill it with blackberry jam and do not close it.

Enjoy cooking and have a great Eid festival with your family and your love ones.

Kabul, 25 August 2010.