Pineapple Butter Spread Food

PINEAPPLE BUTTER SPREAD

Steps:

• 1. Press ALL of the liquid out of the crushed pineapple. (If there is too much juice, the fruit will separate from the butter.)
• 2. In a small bowl, mash the pineapple into the softened butter until well blended. (You could also use a food processor)
• 3. This spread is best if allowed to come to room temperature before serving.

COCONUT BREAD WITH SWEET PINEAPPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with butter.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In another bowl, whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and the lemon zest. Pour in the coconut milk and whisk it all together.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold everything together until you have a smooth batter. Gently fold in the shredded coconut until everything is evenly distributed.
• Pour into the prepared loaf pan and put on top of a cookie sheet. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the bread. Make sure to rotate the bread a few times while cooking to ensure even cooking and browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 20 minutes. When cool enough, release from pan and let completely cool before slicing.
• Toast the slices of coconut bread, dust with confectioners sugar and serve with the pineapple butter!
• Pineapple Butter:.
• Press all of the liquid out of the crushed pineapple. (If there is too much juice, the fruit will separated from the butter.) I like to use a food processor to mix up the pineapple and butter but you can also mash them together in a bowl - just make sure your butter is very soft. Place the butter into a serving bowl.
• *Note: to toast the cocount, Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the coconut on a cookie sheet and bake for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and checking to make sure it's not getting too well done.

HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE SPREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix ingredients until blended.
• Spread onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until heated through.

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• MAKE SPREAD:.
• Beat cream cheese and sour cream on medium speed until smooth, 2-3 minutes.
• Squeeze and discard juice from pineapple.
• Mix pineapple and next 7 ingredients in cheese mixture on low speed until blended.
• SHAPE SPREAD:.
• Turn cheese mixture onto serving platter; shape into oval, making sure to leave room for pineapple top.
• Cover; refrigerate overnight.
• ASSEMBLE PINEAPPLE:.
• Remove platter from refrigerator an hour before serving.
• Place Pineapple top at one end of cheese.
• Lay pecan halves, starting at bottom, in rows over cheese.
• Serve with multigrain bread or crackers of choice.

OLD FASHIONED PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a 10-inch heavy skillet with a heat-resistant handle (I use a cast iron skillet), melt 1/2 cup butter over very low heat. Remove from heat, and sprinkle brown sugar evenly over pan. Arrange pineapple slices to cover bottom of skillet. Distribute cherries around pineapple; set aside.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Separate the eggs into two bowls. In a large bowl, beat egg whites just until soft peaks form. Add granulated sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. Beat until medium-stiff peaks form. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks at high speed until very thick and yellow. With a wire whisk or rubber scraper, using an over-and-under motion, gently fold egg yolks and flour mixture into whites until blended. Fold in 1 tablespoon melted butter or margarine and almond extract. Spread batter evenly over pineapple in skillet.
• Bake until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Loosen the edges of the cake with table knife. Cool the cake for 5 minutes before inverting onto serving plate.