Pineapple Drop Cookies

Contributed byNancy Fogle
Pile of baked pineapple drop cookies with white icing drizzle and chopped nuts on a white plate.

Ingredients

  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 cup flour
  • 2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup margarine (divided)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple, lightly drained (with extra juice reserved)
  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 Reserved pineapple juice
Yield: 60 Cookies
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Instructions

Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Mix sugar, shortening, 1/4 cup margarine, eggs, vanilla and pineapple in large mixing bowl. Combine with dry ingredients. Drop by tablespoon onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° until puffy and lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack. For the icing mix powdered sugar, 1/4 cup margarine and vanilla. Then add pineapple juice, a tablespoon at a time, until of desired spreading consistency. (You may also add a drop of yellow food coloring to this icing.) Frost cooled cookies. 

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