I adapted the recipe using ingredients easy to find in the U.S.
The tedious process of molding the cookies one by one:
Glazing each one with egg yolk before baking them in the oven
Twenty minutes five later: Ta-da!

Indonesian Pineapple Cookies a.k.a Nastar
Yield: 60+ cookies
Prep time: 3 hour Cook time: 25 minutes Total time: 3H 28M
Melt-in-your-mouth pineapple cookies
Ingredients:
Pineapple Jam ingredients:
- 1 pineapple, cut off the skin and inner spikes, cut into 1-inch squares (about 500 gr pineapple chunks)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 100 grams sugar
- dash of ground cinnamon
- 2 cloves
Cookies Ingredients:
- 250 grams of unsalted butter at room temperature
- 50 grams of powdered sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 250 all-purpose flour
- 50 gr corn starch
- 2 Tbs milk powder
For the glaze:
- About 1 teaspoon of cookie ingredients + 3 egg yolks, mix with a fork
Instructions:
To make pineapple jam:
- Puree the pineapple using a food processor or blender.
- Place all ingredients inside a non-stick pan. Heat the pan at medium heat until boiling while stirring with a wooden spatula.
- Turn the heat to low then continue stirring occasionally until the mixture turns into a gel-like texture (about 30+ minutes)
- Let it cool, place it inside a container then refrigerate until you are ready to make the rest of the cookies.
To make the cookies:
- Place dry ingredients: flour, cornstarch, and milk powder in a bowl, and mix with a wooden spatula. Set aside
- Using an electronic mixer, mix the butter and sugar until pale white
- Add the egg yolks one by one while continue mixing them.
- Turn off the mixer, add the dry ingredients then mix them all with a wooden spatula.
- Heat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a cookie pan lined with parchment paper
- Take a small amount (about 7 grams), place it in your hand, and shape it into a small ball.
- Make a small hole, place the jam inside, and close up the hold by pinching the dough.
- Place them on the cookie pan.
- Glaze the top of each cookie with a glaze mixture
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes
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