Pineapple Tarts

Make about 90 tarts



Ingredients:


300g flour (plain or all purpose)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp corn flour
200g butter or margarine
3 tbsp icing sugar
2 egg yolks
30g milk Powder (optional)
1 egg yolk for brushing



Filling Ingredients:


2 small pineapples (2500g)
300g sugar
Cinnamon stick a little (optional)



Method (Filling):

1. Mash pineapple and squeeze out the juice. Cook pineapple in saucepan till dry. Add sugar and cinnamon stick. Keep stirring till mixture becomes dry.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and grease a few cookie sheets.


2. Sift flour, corn flour and milk powder (optional) together.


3. Beat butter, sugar and egg yolks in mixer well, fold in flour. Mix well to form a dough till dough is soft but not sticky.


4. Pinch out some dough (about 10g each). Roll into a ball. Then flatten into a disc and place a smaller ball of filling into the centre and gather up dough to completely cover the filling.


5. Press into a slightly elongated shape. Using a small pair of pointer scissors or butter knife make several rows of snips to resemble the pineapple thorns.


6. Place tarts on the cookies sheets and bake for about 20 to 25 minutes or till golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.