Here are some more great and delicious ideas! Just crush the pineapple you have to a fine and smoother texture to use in the recipes.
Pineapple Bars
2 c AP flour
2/3 c Powdered sugar
1 c Butter, cold, in chunks
1 can Pineapple, crushed in juice, drained
4 Eggs
3/4 c Brown sugar, packed
1/3 c AP flour
2 c Pecans, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 350F
Crust:
1.Combine 2 cups flour and powdered sugar. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Press onto bottom of 13x9 baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool on a wire rack.
Topping:
1.Combine drained pineapple, eggs, brown sugar and 1/3 cup flour. Stir in pecans. Pour over partially baked crust. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until set. Cool completely. Cut into bars.
Pineapple Walnut Cookies
1/2 c Brown sugar
1/2 c Granulated sugar
1/2 c Shortening
1 Egg
1/2 c Crushed pineapple
2 c Sifted flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking soda
2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Lemon extract
2/3 c Chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350F
1.Cream sugars, shortening and egg. Add pineapple; mix well.
2.Sift flour, salt, soda, baking powder together and add to sugar mixture. Add lemon extract and walnuts.
3.Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake for 10-12 min; cool on a wire rack.
Carrot Pineapple Muffins
1 can Pineapple, crushed, reserve juice
Milk (enough when added to the reserved pineapple juice to make 3/4 c of liquid)
2 c Flour
1 1/3 c Brown sugar, packed
1 tb Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 c Carrots, grated
1/3 c Vegetable oil
1 Egg, beaten
1/2 ts Vanilla
Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease muffin tins.
1.Combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, slat sugar, cinnaamon, and carrots in a large bowl, stirring until the carrots are well coated.
2.Make a well in the center of the mixture. Combine the milk mixture, oil, egg and vanilla; then add to the dry ingredients. Stir until just moistened.
3.Spoon into muffin tins, filling each 2/3rds full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until done. Serve warm.
Pineapple Curry
2 c Coconut milk
1 c Crushed fresh pineapple
2 tb Red curry paste
1/4 c Fish sauce
1 1/2 tb Sugar
8 oz Shrimp, shelled & deveined
1.Combine all the ingredients except the shrimp in a large saucepan and heat to boiling.
2.Add the shrimp, reheat to boiling and cook for about 3 minutes or until shrimp are just done. Serve with steamed jasmine or basmati rice.