Old-Fashioned Pineapple Cookies

Submitted by Soup Fly

"I saw this recipe on the web and thought it looked so good I had to try it immediately - so I did! The results were wonderful. Even my fiance (who swears he doesn't like pineapple) thought they were great. I found a couple of similar recipes on zaar, but not one exactly like this."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 4 dozen

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 2⁄3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

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

Reviews

[Mara61]

excellent recipe. I had some pineapple to use up and what a treat these turned out to be. Even my picky husband liked these.

 

[MTDavids]

When I was small, many many years ago, my Grandma A used to make me pineapple cookies. I loved them. These are really close if I leave out the walnuts. Thank you so much for bringing back some very warm memories.

 

[Deely]

I really like these cookies. They're soft, moist and mildly flavored. They also freeze well. I had to use butter in place of the shortening, but they still turned out fantastic. This ones a keeper.

 

[bikerchick]

These are so good, kathie! I had a couple of cans of pineapple that I needed to get rid of so I made a double batch. Since I also had a bit of unsweetened coconut to use up, I toasted 1/2 cup coconut to throw in one of the batches, with the walnut/vanilla step. The Beau, aka Mr. Picky Eater, has been gobbling these up too! Thank you!