From his kitchen to yours, Mountain Home resident Joe Howard will share his favorite recipes with his readers. Sometimes I might just stray from the recipes and share my other 2 cents.

Pineapple Drop Cookies

Posted Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 3:05 PM

1 Cup vegetable shortening

1 Teaspoon salt

1 Teaspoon lemon juice

1 1/2 Cups sugar

2 Large eggs

1 1/2 Cups crushed pineapple - drained

3 1/2 Cups flour

1 Teaspoon baking soda

Mix salt, lemon juice and shortening until light and fluffy

Mix in flour, baking soda and pineapple

Drop by teaspoons full on baking sheet, if you like you can sprinkle a bit of sugar on them before baking

Bake at 400 degrees 10 to 12 minutes, you may have to lightly spray the baking sheet with a vegetable spray.

You can also add a bit of the drained pineapple juice to the mixture if you like

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This sounds good!!!!!

-- Posted by workingbee on Sat, Nov 22, 2008, at 9:41 PM
Thanks workingbee, they are good but I love pineapple so the recipe makes for a great cookie

-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 1:36 AM
Now if I can only talk my wife into making some for next week. Sounds good.

-- Posted by skeeter on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 9:31 AM
Skeeter

Not giving ya a hard time, not the purpose of my blog but surely you didn't misplace the kitchen and have to wait on the wife to do the cookies. LOL. Give it a shot yourself and help your wife

-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 12:32 PM
Eagle_eye: I'd like to try but don't want any body parts missing from either her or me. LOL. Skeeter

-- Posted by skeeter on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 6:06 PM
Skeeter, got your point sometimes better to stay out of the kitchen lol

-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Sun, Nov 23, 2008, at 6:13 PM

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