~ Pineapple Tarts

Modified from:

Mum's

Description:
Fragrant butter cookies loaded with pineapple jam; meant not just for Lunar New Year and also for one's everyday comfort treats!

Ingredients:

500 g flour
10 g creamer
250 g butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
200g pineapple filling

Directions
1. Cut butter into the flour till crumbly.
2. Lightly beat one egg with vanilla essence, and add to the flour with butter. Knead to form a pliable dough.
3. Shape the dough 1" balls, and shape the pineapple filling to 0.5" balls.
4. Flatten dough balls and wrap them around the pineapple balls. Make designs of the cookies based on own preference.
5. Brush with the remaining egg and bake at 180 deg for 10 min. Remove from oven, brush the cookies again with egg and bake till golden brown.

Remarks:

It's really a simple and quick recipe if one were to be able to get hold of instant pineapple filling. The cookies held together well and did not crumble as much as the last time mum made them (eons ago). The egg glaze is definitely a compulsory item, for it imparts a golden sheen to the cookies. Oh, the uniform oval-shaped cookies were made by Mum and the oddly-shaped rounded ones were made by me. Despite committing the mistake of using unsalted butter which kind of decreased the savory aspect of the cookies, I still find these little festive gems a great treat!