Pineapple Cookies
This Vintage cookie recipe comes from an RG&E recipe booklet put together by their Home Service Department. These light fluffy cookies Pineapple are a nice break from some of the richer Christmas cookies.
Servings 30 Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 /2 cup crushed pineapple drained, reserve juice
- 1/2 cup crushed nuts optional
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice or lemon juice
Pineapple Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-4 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice
Instructions
Cookies
- Drain pineapple, reserving 3 tbsp juice.
- Set pineapple and drained pineapple juice aside.
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add egg, mix well.
- Add pineapple, 1 tablespoon pineapple juice, and vanilla, mix well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir sifted dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
- Using a cookie scoop, drop cookie dough 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove cookie sheet from oven and let cool on wire racks 5 minutes before removing the cookies from the baking sheet to cool completlety on a wire rack.
Pineapple Glaze
- Combine powdered sugar with just enough reserved juice to get a smooth glaze.
- Frost cookies when cool.