Aunt Gladyss Pineapple Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

PINEAPPLE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Drain pineapple well, reserving 1/2 Cup of juice.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, crushed pineapple and reserved juice. (Mixture will be very wet).
• In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and raisins. Stir into pineapple mixture.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 300 for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks to cool. (Unfortunately I didn't copy down the oven temp when I copied the recipe. I played with it a bit and found 300 to work well for me, even though it seems a bit low).

OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and butter in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Starting with the mixer on low speed and increasing until it is on medium, beat until the mixture is creamy and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs and the vanilla extract, then scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, and mix to combine.
• Combine the rolled oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and wheat germ in a large bowl, and stir to combine. Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture, then mix on low speed just to combine, 10 to 15 seconds. Remove the bowl from mixer stand, and stir in your choice of chocolate chunks, golden raisins, or toffee pieces.
• Line the baking pans with parchment paper. Use a large (2 1/2 ounce) or small (1 1/4 ounce) ice-cream scoop to form balls of dough. Place the balls of dough about 4 inches apart on baking pans. Bake until golden and just set, about 18 minutes for large cookies and 14 minutes for small cookies. Remove from oven; let cool on pan 4 to 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

KATHY'S PINEAPPLE-COCONUT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk together flour, soda, powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla - mixing on high until light and fluffy.
• Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, until well combined.
• Stir in oats, pineapple and coconut.
• Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop, drop dough 2 inches apart onto a baking sheet (I always use a silpat on my baking sheets - you never have burned cookies with one!).
• Bake 12 minutes on center rack until golden.
• Remove from oven, cool on sheet for about 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store in airtight container.

ELSIE'S PINEAPPLE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• For the filling, combine the sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan and mix well. Add the pineapple and its juice, and cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool.
• For the crust, combine oatmeal, salt, brown sugar, flour, and baking powder together. work in butter until mixture is uniform.
• Reserve 1 1/4 cup of crumb mixture, and press the rest into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan, working up edges just slightly to help hold filling off of the edge of the pan.
• Pour filling over oatmeal mixture and spread evenly.
• Sprinkle reserved crumbs evenly over filling.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. cool and cut into bars.

AUNT GLADYS'S PINEAPPLE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix the eggs, shortening and sugar together until batter is smooth and fully Incorporated. Add the pineapple and the orange and vanilla extracts and mix until incorporated.
• 2. Sift together the flour salt and baking soda. Add to the sugar mixture one third at a time mixing thoroughly after each addition. As soon as the mixture comes together add in the raisins, sunflower seeds, oats and dates if using
• 3. Mixed together on low speed or by hand just until everything is mixed together well.
• 4. Spoon the cookies out onto a cookie sheet that has been lined with parchment paper or a Silpat. Bake for approximately 10 to 15 minutes until cookies are golden brown and delicious. These are wonderful warm or cold.