Sweet somethings for Idul Fitri

Sweet somethings for Idul Fitri

JAKARTA (JP): These two cookies can be prepared a week ahead
of the post-fasting month celebration of Idul Fitri and are
suitable for gifts to relatives and friends after the Day of
Forgiveness. They are simple to make and are always the most
popular Lebaran cookies.

Putri Salju

250 g flour; 25 g milk powder; 50 g grated Edam cheese; 200 g
margarine; 100 g icing sugar; half a teaspoon of baking powder
and vanilla; 75 g ground toasted peanuts; extra icing sugar

1. Put a pan over medium heat, stir in flour until it turns
slightly brown. Set aside.
2. Using a mixer, beat margarine and sugar until well combined.
Mix flour with grated cheese, milk powder, baking powder, ground
peanuts. Add the flour mixture to the margarine. Blend it well.
3. Roll the batter to 0.5 centimeter thickness and cut it using a
cookie cutter. Arrange the cookies on a greased baking sheet.
4. Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius
for 15 minutes. Cool the cookies on a wire rack and dust with
icing sugar.

Nastar

600 g flour; 200 g butter; 200 g margarine; 100 g sugar; 6 eggs;
2 egg yolks; 1 stalk of lemon grass

Pineapple filling

350 g pineapple, grated; 200 g sugar; 3 cloves; 1 5-cm-long
cinnamon stick

1. To make the pineapple filling, combine grated pineapple,
sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick in a pan, cook over medium heat
until sugar dissolves and water evaporates. Set aside
2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat butter, margarine and sugar
until sugar dissolves. Add one egg at a time, beat well. Using a
spoon, add in flour and mix well.
3. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius. In the meantime,
gently wrap one teaspoon of pineapple filling with one tablespoon
of batter. Repeat the step with the remaining batter.
4. Arrange the cookies on a greased baking sheet. Use the lemon
grass to brush the cookies with the beaten egg yolks. Bake for 15
minutes.
5. Cool the cookies on a wire rack before storing them in an
airtight container. (Maria Endah Hulupi)