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Hari Raya Cookies in Indonesia🍪

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Aprillia Indah

Hari Raya will be a special day for family, friends and even distant relatives. to entertain them as guests, of course, sweet food, here are some recommendations for cookies that are easy to make for Hari Raya.

It’s an Indonesian adaptation of European vanilla crescent-shaped cookies, such as Vanillekipferl (Austrian Vanilla Crescent Cookies). Vanillekipferl is pleasantly infused with the aroma of vanilla. Kue putri salju has powdered milk added and you wil...

Kue Putri Salju (Crescent Cookies)

Kue Nastar, also known as pineapple tart, is a traditional Indonesian pastry that is enjoyed during the holiday season, particularly during Chinese New Year and also the Muslim celebration of Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr).

Chinese New Year Pineapple Tart (Kue Nastar)

Kue Lidah Kucing is known as Katte Tong in Dutch and brought to Indonesia and being adapted to be kue lidah kucing

Kue Lidah Kucing (Cat's Tongue Cookies / Katte Tong)

Being raised in Southeast Asia, I can’t help but love things flavored with pandan. I told my kids “Pandan is the vanilla of Southeast Asia”. I tried to “pandanize” lots of desserts, bread, cookies, and whatnot. These soft and chewy pandan cookies are...

Soft and Chewy Pandan Cookies

Kue semprit is an adaptation of the European Spritz cookies. They are popular in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. This kue semprit susu maizena is another variation of kue semprit that is very popular in Indonesia be...

Kue Semprit Susu Maizena (Cornstarch Spritz Cookies)

“Bolu karamel sarang semut” is a type of Indonesian cake or dessert. It is known as kek gula hangus or kek sarang semut in Malaysia. It is sometimes called “Ant’s Nest Cake” in English due to its unique appearance, which resembles an ant’s nest. This...

Bolu Karamel Sarang Semut / Kek Gula Hangus (Burnt Sugar Honeycomb Cake)

Bolu is a general term for cake and gulung means to roll in Indonesian language. So it’s literally translated to roll cake. If you are familiar with Swiss roll cake, this is basically what it is. The cake is studded with dried prune pieces that have ...

Bolu Gulung Prunes /Prune Roll Cake

Batik cake is popular in Malaysia and other Asian countries. The origin of this cake may be traced to Europe where in England, they are called biscuit cake or lazy cake. Batik cake is named as such because of its distinctive marbled or “batik-like” a...

No-Bake Eggless Batik Cake/ Kek Batik (Biscuit Cake/Lazy Cake)

Soft and thick sugar cookies are cookies that have a slightly cake-like texture. They are not crispy or crunchy like traditional sugar cookies. Instead, they are soft, fluffy, and often have a slightly chewy texture

Soft and Thick Sugar Cookies with Pandan and Ube Frosting

These cheese button cookies are so popular in Indonesia, especially during celebrations such as Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Idul Fitri.

Easy Cheese Button Cookies

Chui kao so or cui kou su in Mandarin is a traditional Chinese style biscuit that has a very crunchy and flaky texture. They have a rustic appearance. They are not as popular as let’s say Hup Toh Soh, which has similar texture to chui kao so. Chui ka...

How To Make Chui Kao So

Nutella tart cookie is made with a shortcrust pastry base and then filled with Nutella on top. The shortcrust pastry is flaky and buttery and then you have that decadent Nutella on top, what not to love about that! Nutella tart cookies is very popula...

Eggless Nutella Tart Cookies

These popular French cookies are made with simple ingredients such as egg whites, flour, butter, sugar, and almond flakes. Tuiles mean tile in French. The cookies have that signature curve shape that looks like tiles.

Eggless Crispy Almond Tuiles (Chinese New Year Cookies)

Kuih or kue doesn’t always mean “cake”. But it can also refer to biscuits or snacks like this kuih siput or kue garpu. Siput means snails in Bahasa and Malay languages. Garpu means fork. The kuih does look like snails and hence the name kuih siput. T...

Kuih Siput / Kue Garpu (Savory Crispy Shell Snacks)

These little gems are highly popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and other Southeast Asian countries (and perhaps other parts of Asia too). They are originated in Great Britain. I remember eating these biscuits as a kid in Ind...

Easy Iced Gems Biscuits / Fancy Gems Biscuits (Kue Monas)

They are soft and spongy with an amazing aroma of pandan and coconut. Putu ayu is also known as apam puteri ayu or seri ayu in Malay. Before my mom got me the special moulds to steam puteri ayu in, I used mini muffin cups. They are not as attractive,...

Putu Ayu /Apam Puteri Ayu Pandan (Steamed Pandan Coconut Cake)

London almond cookies are popular in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. They are often seen during Chinese New Year, Eid celebrations, Christmas, and many other festive celebrations.

Easy Eggless London Almond Cookies

Kacang goreng means fried peanuts and salut roughly means “covered/coated” and tepung means flour/starch in general. This is more of what they call this type of fried peanuts in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It gets its name kacang disco because...

Kacang Goreng Salut Tepung (Kacang Disco Bali)

Sponge cake is a beloved classic in the world of baking, known for its light, airy texture and versatility in accommodating various flavors and fillings. Traditionally, sponge cake recipes rely on eggs to achieve that coveted spongy texture. However,...

Eggless Black Sesame Sponge Cake

This kue/kuih is known by many names. They are called kembang goyang (shaking flower) or sometimes kembang loyang in Indonesia, known as kuih loyang or kuih rose in Malaysia and Singapore. Some people call them rosette cookies or honeycomb cookies, o...

Kue Kembang Goyang - Kuih Loyang (Honeycomb Cookies)

Agar agar is made of algae that can jell liquid substance at room temperature. The word agar agar is of Indonesia origin but agar agar was first discovered in Japan and has been widely used in the culinary world and also in scientific experiments sin...

Coconut Pandan Agar Agar Layered Jelly Cake (Agar Agar Santan Lapis)

Salted egg yolk is very well loved in Asia. Usually duck eggs are cured with salt and the yolks turn bright orange red in the end resulting in very salty whites and salty and slightly sweet yolks. Usually the whites are not used much in cookie making...

Salted Egg Yolk Cookies - What To Cook Today

Kaas means cheese and Stengels means stick. Yes, cheese sticks originated from the Netherlands. Of course, kastengel is popular not only during Chinese New Year, but also for celebrations like Christmas and Lebaran (Eid Al Fitr) in Indonesia. We usua...

Kue Kastengel (Dutch-Indonesian Cheese Tarts)

These super easy no-bake Asian Western fusion sweet treats are popular in some parts of Southeast Asia for Chinese New Year celebration

Chinese New Year Chocolate Cornflakes Clusters (No Bake)

I have declared myself as a cashew nut monster 🙂 I absolutely love cashew nuts (or pretty much any nuts and tree nuts available out there!).

Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cashew Nut Cookies (Chinese New Year)