Tropical Pineapple Cream Bars 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.

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly spray a 15×10″ baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Press cookie dough onto bottom of pan, top evenly with the sweetened condensed milk, candied pineapple, white chocolate pieces, coconut and macadamia nuts, press firmly into cookie dough. Bake 18-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Cool in pan, cut into bars.

PINEAPPLE CREAM BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine Crust and Topping ingredients; beat until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture and set aside. Press remaining mixture into baking dish and bake 15 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sour cream, remaining flour, and remaining Splenda. Stir in pineapple. Spread filling over crust and sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until center is set and top is golden. Let cool.
• In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, milk, and coconut extract, if desired. Drizzle over cake and cut into bars.

TROPICAL ESCAPE SOFT PINEAPPLE CRUMBLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line an 8×8-inch pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
• To a large bowl, add the butter, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and optional salt. Using two forks or a pastry cutter, cut butter into dry ingredients until a sandy mixture with peas-sized buttery bits forms.
• Reserve 3/4 cup of this mixture; set aside.
• Transfer remaining mixture into prepared pan and using your fingertips or the back of a spatula, lightly press crumbs evenly into pan to form a crust.
• Bake for 10 minutes. While crust bakes, make the filling.
• In a large bowl (same one used to make the crust mixture is fine) add the egg, 1/2 cup sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract, 1/4 cup flour, and whisk until smooth; set aside.
• Remove crust from oven and top evenly with pineapple chunks. About 90% of the surface area will be covered with pineapple; chunks will be very close to each other but not quite touching.
• Carefully and evenly pour the sour cream mixture over the pineapple, making sure to get it into the corners.
• Evenly sprinkle the reserved crust mixture over the top to create the crumble topping.
• Bake for about 35 minutes, or until edges and top are set.
• Place pan on top of a wire rack and allow bars to cool for at least 1 hour before slicing and serving.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9 inch square baking pan.
• In large mixing bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, pineapple and rum, mix well. In separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add to egg mixture and beat until well blended. Blend in coconut and spread batter evenly in bottom of pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool on wire rack before cutting into bars.

PINEAPPLE BARS

Steps:

• Pineapple Filling:
• Mix 1 cup crushed pineapple and juice (8 1/4-ounce can), 1 cup sugar, 2 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch, 1 Tablespoon butter, and 1 cup water in saucepan.
• Cook until thickened, cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cream together shortening and sugar thoroughly.
• Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Mix in rolled oats.
• Press and flatten half of the mixture over bottom of a 13 x 9 1/2 x 2 inch greased pan.
• Spread with cooled filling.
• Top with remaining crumb mixture, patting lightly.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• While warm cut into bars and remove from pan.

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE & CREAM BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat butter, cake mix and 1 egg in large bowl with mixer until crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup crumb mixture; press remaining onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 min.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese, sugar and coconut extract until blended. Add remaining egg; mix well.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over crust; top with pineapple. Sprinkle with coconut, nuts and reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake 45 min. or until center is set and crumb topping is lightly browned. Cool completely. Refrigerate 30 min. before cutting into bars.

ALOHA PARADISE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan.
• Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle with baking chips, pineapple, coconut and nuts. Drizzle evenly with sweetened condensed milk.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Cool completely. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13 x 9-inch pan. In large bowl, combine all base ingredients at low speed until crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of greased pan.In medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients blend well. Pour into crust-lined pan. Add all topping ingredients to reserved crumb mixture mix well. Sprinkle evenly over filling. Bake at 350°F. for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and enough reserved pineapple liquid for desired drizzling consistency blend until smooth. Drizzle over bars. Store in refrigerator.HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: No change.Nutrition Per Serving (1 bar): Calories 220 Protein 3g Carbohydrate 29g Fat 10g Sodium l50mgPICTURE: Left to right: Apricot Snowcaps, Tropical Pineapple Coconut BarsFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.