Grandma Frieze's Pineapple Cookies
My granddaughters are to coming to visit on Monday so I’m
making paternal grandmother’s pineapple cookies. Going to visit Grandma Frieze meant pineapple
cookies in the cookie jar. I have such
lovely memories of visiting her that I want to create those same sorts of
memories for my own grandchildren.
Frankly, the cookies are pretty popular with the grownups so I’m making
a double batch for the 4th of July week as family and friends gather
to celebrate. Grandma got the recipe out
of a women’s magazine in the 1950s or ‘60s and the original is taped inside the
front cover of her old Joy of Cooking which I inherited since my mother had
given it to her in the ‘40s. I’ve posted
about these cookies before, but they are so delicious and perfect for these hot
days that I thought I’d do it again.
Temp. 375 Time:
12 min Yield: About 3 doz.
2 C. sifted enriched all-purpose flour 1 egg
1 tsp. baking powder ½
tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda ½
C. drained canned crushed pineapple
1 tsp. salt 1
C. granulated sugar
½ C. shortening 1
T. granulated sugar
Heat oven. Sift
together first 4 ingredients. Mix
shortening and next 3 ingredients until creamy.
Mix in the pineapple, then flour mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto an
ungreased cookies sheet (I use no stick spray just the same). Sprinkle cookies with sugar. Bake until golden.
These cookies are moist and keep well in a tightly closed
container, although if your family knows where they are they won’t last long!
