Pineapple Nut Cookies Recipes

PINEAPPLE NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Grease a cookie sheet. Set aside. Drain pineapple, reserving the juice for frosting. Set pineapple and juice aside. In a large mixing bowl beat the butter (or margarine) with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Add about half of the flour to the butter. Then add brown sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, and baking soda. Beat until thoroughly combined. Beat or stir in the remaining flour. Then stir in the drained pineapple and pecans. Drop dough from a rounded teaspoon 2 apart on the prepared cookie sheet. Bake in a 375F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove cookies from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack. Frost cookies with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting. Store in refrigerator.
• 2. Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting: In a small bowl beat 2 tablespoons of soft style cream cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, and 1 tablespoon of reserved juice until well combined. Gradually beat in 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar. If necessary, beat in an additional 1 or 2 tablespoons of the reserved juice to make a frosting of spreadable consistency. Makes about 3/4 cup.

AUNT MARY'S PINEAPPLE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. preheat your oven at 350 degrees In a large mixing bowl cream your butter, brown and white sugar. There is no need for a mixer on any part of this recipe.
• 2. add your eggs, pineapple and vanilla.
• 3. In another mixing bowl, blend your flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet. Fold in your nuts.
• 4. Drop by spoonfuls on a lined cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until they start to brown.
• 5. Let cool on a cooling rack. Frost with pineapple butter cream frosting
• 6. Make your frosting
• 7. After your cookies are cooled frost a little or a lot! These cookies stay soft and are absolutely heavenly. The amount you get depends on if you want them big or tiny. "Enjoy"

OLD-FASHIONED PINEAPPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream shortening and sugars together.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add dry ingredients and mix well Add drained pineapple and mix well.
• Add nuts and flavoring, mix well (yes, again).
• Drop by spoonful onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.

FROSTED PINEAPPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 3 tablespoons juice. Set pineapple aside; set juice aside for frosting. In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Add pineapple and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 17-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool., For frosting, in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with enough of the reserved pineapple juice to achieve a smooth spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies.

SOFT PINEAPPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, beat well, then stir in the vanilla and pineapple. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

PINEAPPLE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar and beat well.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Stir in pineapple, sifted dry ingredients and raisins.
• Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes or until brown.

PINEAPPLE CHERRY NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat until creamy. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes scraping bowl after 1 minute. Add cake mix. Reduce mixer speed to low; beat until well combined. Fold in walnuts, cherries and coconut.
• On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Cool on pan 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

PINEAPPLE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
• Beat brown sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, blending the first into the brown sugar mixture before adding the other.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Stir about half the flour mixture into the brown sugar mixture. Pour pineapple with its juice into the brown sugar mixture and stir; add remaining flour mixture and stir just until a batter forms. Fold pecans and raisins into the batter; pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Mix white sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl; sprinkle over the batter in the loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

PINEAPPLE DELIGHTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the pineapple, walnuts and cherries. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 425° for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

~ PINEAPPLE NUT COOKIES ~

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly grease baking sheet or line with parchment paper as I did. Sift the dry ingredients together. Set aside. Cream sugars and shortening, add egg and beat in well. Beat in vanilla and 1 cup pineapple. Now add flour mixture beating well after each addition. Mix in the nuts.
• 2. Drop by teaspoonfuls on prepared sheet.
• 3. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until just beginning to golden around edges. I always remove from oven when they look like they're not quite done on the top, this insures they aren't over baked. Cool on rack.
• 4. Mix glaze ingredients in a bowl. Add more or less sugar, depending on your preference in thickness.
• 5. I glaze while still warm, then go back and add a little more glaze later. You can use a simple confectioner's sugar glaze without the pineapple or a whipped frosting, such as cream cheese. I've made the cream cheese before and added some pineapple to it. Freeze well. Keep in an air tight container. Enjoy!

PINEAPPLE NUT COOKIES (GIFT MIX IN A JAR)

Steps:

• Creating the Gift in a Jar:
• Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar.
• Layer the ingredients in the jar as listed above starting with the flour, oatmeal, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, brown sugar and then walnuts - make sure to press firmly with a flat bottomed object after each addition; make the layers as level as possible.
• Secure the lid and decorate as desired; attach the instructions for making these cookies found below.
• PINEAPPLE NUT COOKIES GIFT TAG:
• Additional ingredients to be added by the recipient: 1/2 cup butter, softened, 1 egg and 3/4 cup crushed pineapple, well-drained.
• COOKIE INSTRUCTIONS:
• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a large bowl, blend the butter and egg together until fluffy; then mix in the pineapple.
• Add the contents of the jar, and stir until well mixed.
• Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are light brown in color.
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to wire racks and cool completely.
• Serve immediately or store on a plate, covered in foil, for up to 3 days (for best results, do not use an airtight container).

HAWAIIAN WEDDING CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream the butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in nuts and pineapple. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 14-16 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Roll cooled cookies in additional confectioners' sugar.