To Shandra Woworuntu, baking comes naturally. Not solely did her grandmother personal a baking provide and snack firm in East Java, however Woworuntu and her mom ran a selfmade cookie enterprise in Jakarta within the late Nineteen Eighties. Historically, these cookies are made with almonds, peanuts, or cashews inside and are standard in the course of the holidays, together with Christmas, Ramadan, and Chinese language New Yr. Her mom’s model, and now the recipe Woworuntu makes on a regular basis, provides pandan flavoring and omits the nuts, making them extra cakey than crispy. Pandan, a tropical plant with aromatic leaves, has a vanilla-citrusy taste and is a highly regarded flavoring in Indonesia and different elements of Southeast Asia.