Pineapple Cookies


Submitted By: Carolyn Devers

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 large can crushed pineapple, drained and liquid reserved
  • Powdered sugar (optional)

    • Instructions


    Cream sugar, shortening, and eggs; add vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Add nuts and gently fold in pineapple.
    Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes.
    If desired, combine pineapple juice and enough powdered sugar to make icing of a desired consistency; spread on hot cookies.