This is another cookie i did for Chinese New Year which happens to be just around the corner!
Time really does fly!
I dare say this has to be one of the yummiest peanut cookies i've ever had.
Crispy on the outside but melt in the mouth once it's in. Very nutty and the sweetness is just right.
I love it!!
Credits : Jo, the IK Admin - xie xie nie .. if u are reading this Jo :D
As i had mentioned before, this is my first year to bake cny goodies. Usually i get them from my mil - who usually buys for me as well - but this year is an exception.
So far, i've done 3 batches [including today] of pineapple tarts and 2 batches of the peanut cookies for family, friends and relatives. The feedbacks i got is very positive [i only gave to 5 friends who live nearby mostly] even though the packaging was terrible! *hide* [everything was too last minute!]
So good that i actually earned myself a customer already, whom already 'booked' my 1st order for my next year's bake since i am not selling any this year. Grin.
Thank you Davis!! :*
In fact, i sort of know what kind of packaging i'll do too! Something not ordinary but very nice :P
OOooooo, i cannot wait.
Of course, i will be selling to friends only as i am closing this blog soon ;)
I have never wanna attempt making pineapple tarts because of the tedious process.
But mainly, because i'm not a fan :P
However, this year.. for no apparent reason, i just wanna try making them. You could say it's for the CNY spirit. Or probably i just wanna bring back my childhood memories and also for the boys' memories too.
I remember my mom used to make the bee hive [not sure what u call it in chinese] and all sorts of keropok whenever CNY nears. I also remember going into the kitchen, stole them and ran into the bedroom to eat. Heh.
So for the boys.. i would love them to remember me as the mommy who bakes near CNY... all kinda goodies and yummy goodies too to be exact. Goodies that they will always remember fondly till old. Goodies with the distinct taste and texture that no money can buy.
As if! Me and my wishful thinking as always :P
Anyway, the tarts....
Bone breaking hardwork for more than half a day!
The tedious part is rolling the dough into thin small lengths, which explains why you don't see this 'design' outside. Only homebakers would attempt this as far as i can tell.
If not for the 'X', we could have wrapped up 2 hours early.
As for the filling, i loveeeeeeeeee it!
For a non-pineapple-tart-lover, it's quite amusing that i could like it. Heh.
I think it has a lot to do with the sourish taste. I used a non-ripe pineapple + a ripe one. Also, it's moist and not too sweet, unlike the ones they sell outside.. which are pretty sweet, not sourish and can be quite drying too.
Because of the successful filling that i did, i couldn't wait to make the tarts.. i was so excited you know! Lol.
In total, i managed to churn almost 6 tubs of pineapple tarts.
1 for myself, 1 for in laws and 4 for my mommy. Yupyup.. we'll be hitting the road again in a while, after much persuasion from the sisters :)
AND THEN.
This morning..
sobs..
sobs..
SOBS!!!
The beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep threw all of them to the floor!
He climbed onto the table top and threw them 1 by 1 onto the ground with much strength. 99% have broken 'X'.
The tarts break very very easily. Because the texture i made is those melt-in-the-mouth sort. So, it's extremely fragile.
Helper re-arranging them again but discarding the X bits and the bad ones [mostly into our own mouths. Heh]
Then we decided we would make do without the X top since most it are broken. What a waste since the tough part lies right there :(
Oh well.. mil told me to look at the bright side. At least, the baby didn't fall down from the table and hurt himself which is true. That would be infinite times worse than having broken-ugly pineapple tarts..
And hence, from 4 tubs, it's down to 3 tubs for mommy. Thank goodness i gave mil hers last night *phew*.
As for now, no more pineapple tarts for the notti beep! :P
