Tried many pineapple tarts recipes b4, PKS's wife recipe is still e best! but... i cant find the recipe... sis also not sure if she did return to mi, coz her friend borrowed it last year... hmmm... juz try lor.. use my other recipes n my memory to try to come out with PKS's wife recipe... sorry daRlin9... maybe u try this recipe ba...

Pineapple Tarts (Closed-tarts)

Self-raising flour 350g
Milk powder 50g
Salted butter 250g
Fine sugar 50g (Icing sugar would be a better choice)
Egg white 1
Egg Yolk 2 (for those prefer softer pastry, can add to 2.5)
Pineapple jam (can buy, if u wanna to DIY, it takes abt 4 hours to do it)

1. Beat butter n sugar, till sugar melt n e mixture should look creamy.
(can use mixer to beat, but i prefer hand-mix, coz i can feel its texture, n reduce the possibility of over-beating)
2. Add in egg white n egg yolk, one by one, mix well.
3. Add in flour n milk powder (dun pour all at once, add in slowly), mix well.
(dun use mixer to beat, must be hand-mix, mixer will trap too much air into the dough)
4. Put into fridge (not e freezer!) to rest for abt 20mins.
5. Meanwhile, take out pineapple jam n shape it into whatever u wan ur tarts to look like.
(for me, round shape, juz make ball-like pineapple tarts, time-saving)
6. Depend on how big or small u wan ur tarts to be, divide ur dough into small pieces n wrap dough with pineapple jam, form its shape.
7. Place on baking tray (with grease proof paper), glaze its top with egg yolk. Bake at pre-heated oven at 180`C for 20-22mins.
(I put the tarts into e oven for 10mins first, then take out n glaze the egg yolk, put it back to oven n bake for another 10mins, so that the top wont look like over-burn)
(Different oven may function differently, n the heat varies. Check ur oven n tarts n adjust accordingly, if u r using microwave oven, u may need to bake it at 200`C.)

U can hav a taste of it if we meet one of these days, b4 CNY :) for friends tt we cant schedule a catch up session, sorry lor... i did try to schedule some catch-ups, but ya, some of u go back earlier for CNY... >_< i wanna to go back earlier toooooo!!! (actually, tis year, consider earlier liao lah, good enuff:) )

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Have a fruitful year ahead!


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