Pineapple Cookies

         

By

Zarnak Sidhwa

Recipe Ingredients

8 ounce crushed pineapple (drained and reserve juice for glaze)

1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp orange extract

2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

For Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup unsalted butter (softened)

Reserved pineapple juice

Recipe Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degree.

In a bowl, mix cream together with butter and sugar until become light and fluffy.

Add eggs one by one and beat to make foamy batter.

Add crushed pineapple and both extracts in mix well.

Mix together flour, salt and baking soda and then add it slowly to the batter to make uniform batter.

When the batter take the shape of sticky dough then drop the dough onto the greased cookie sheet leaving distance of 2-inches between each of them.

Place the cookie sheet in preheated oven and bake for just 10-12 minutes until become light golden from top.

Meanwhile prepare glaze for the cookies, for that beat together powdered sugar with the butter until well blended and then slowly add reserved pineapple juice until the icing gets the medium thickness (not so thin or thick), so that it easily spread over the cookies.

When cookies are ready, cool them to room temperature then pour the prepared glaze onto the top of each cookie and leave them for few min to set.