Southern Pineapple Bar Cookies Recipes

PINEAPPLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease your 9 x 13 baking pan with butter or use non-stick cooking spray.

SOUTHERN PINEAPPLE BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Drain pineapple. Set aside.
• Mix flour and butter. Chop 1/4 cup almonds. Add to mixture with 1/4 cup sugar. Mix till crumbly. Press crumb mixture into 9" square pan.
• Bake at 350° for 12 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese, egg, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla and drained pineapple. Mix well.
• Pour over crust.
• Top with coconut and remaining sliced 1/4 cup almonds.
• Continue to bake 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool on rack.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours before cutting into bars.

PINEAPPLE RIGHT-SIDE-UP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Dump the pineapple in a strainer and let it drain while you cream the butter and sugar.
• Add the flour and mix well. (you can do this in a food processor with hard butter cut into chunks and the steel blade).
• Spread mixture out in a greased 9x13 inch pan and press it down evenly with your hands.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven, but do not turn the oven off.
• Mix the eggs with sugar.
• Add pineapple concentrate and drained pineapple, mix.
• Add salt and baking powder and stir it all up.
• Add the flour and mix thoroughly. It will be runny, it will set in the oven.
• Pour this mixture on top of the pan you just baked and stick it back in the oven.
• Bake at 350 degrees for another 45-50 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool thoroughly.
• Sprinkle with a little powdered sugar and cut into brownie-sized bars.