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Tropical Pineapple Meltaways

Teresa Ambra
Tropical Pineapple Meltaways are melt-in-your-mouth good! These luscious cookies are marvelous for holiday baking, Christmas Cookie Exchanges and tailgating parties. They're filled with candied pineapple, vanilla chips, pineapple extract and rolled in Turbinado sugar before baking. You'll sure to swoon over every bite!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 59
Calories 188 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 sharp knife to chop pineapple
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup salted butter softened (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup canola oil or avocado oil
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (Bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 tsp. pineapple extract (or pure vanilla extract if you cannot locate pineapple extract)
  • 2 cups Paradise Tropical Pineapple Mix diced
  • 12 oz. pkg. vanilla chips or premiere white baking chips
  • 2/3 cup Turbinado sugar to roll cookie dough in (or as needed)

Instructions
 

  • Combine butter, oil, granulated sugar, confectioners’ sugar, eggs, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt and pineapple extract in a large mixing bowl.
  • Mix with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
  • Stir in flour and Tropical Pineapple Mix with a wooden spoon until completely combined.
  • Shape cookies into balls.
  • Roll in granulated or Turbinado sugar.
  • Put 3" apart on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Bake at 375° for 12-15 minutes.
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 7 minutes of baking time.
  • Cool. 

Notes

NOTE:  The secret to these cookies is making sure they are not crowded. Give them plenty of space when baking as they spread.
 
NOTE: These cookies would taste great with any kind of chip: butterscotch, cinnamon, peanut butter, vanilla, white chocolate, mint chocolate chips—even additions like Heath Toffee Bits, Crème de Menthe baking chips, or peppermint baking chips would work as alternative options for this delicious cookie.
 
NOTE: My cookies took about 17 minutes to bake.
 
Candied Pineapple provided courtesy of Paradise Fruit Company.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 188kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 93mgPotassium: 46mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 113IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
Keyword candied pineapple, cookies, dessert, holiday dessert, vanilla chips
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