Friday, May 19, 2006

Pineapple cookies

This pineapple cookies really melt in the mouth.
Although it is expensive to buy an pineapple here
Using can crush pineapple works too.


Recipe
Pastry(Rub in method)
INGREDIENTS
250g Butter
1 Egg yolks
75g Icing sugar
1 1/2tsp Salt
310g Flour
1 1/2tsp Vanilla essence
1 tbsp Cornflour
2 tsp Custard powder(mix in 1 tbsp milk)
1 Egg yolk(egg wash)

I used this cloth strainer for squeezing out the pineapple crush juice.Fast job.

Filling
3 cans Crush pineapple(drained)540ml each can
300g Sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
Pinch of salt

Drained all the crush till dry,blend it if neccesary.
Pour it into a nonstick pan.
Add in the remaining ingredients and cook till
the paste thickens and dry enough to make a ball shape.
Put it into fridge for cooling.

Method
(1)Combine all ingredients(except egg)then rub it until bread crumb.
(2)Then, add in egg yolks.
(3)Well mix all together into a dough.
(4)Cover it and put needs to be refrigerated for half and hour.
(5)Roll the dough between two plastic wraps into thin dough.
(6)Then cut it with a small round cutters and fill the pineapple
paste to make a desired ball shape.
(7)Brush it with egg yolk,then bake at 180'c for 12-15mins or till golden brown.



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