Pineapple Soft Serve With Spicy Candied Coconut Food

PINEAPPLE SOFT SERVE

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the pineapple drink mix, sugar and gelatin powder until completely dissolved. Pour into a medium bowl set over a large bowl of ice water and let sit until cold, about 5 minutes.
• Puree the pineapple chunks and their syrup in a food processor or blender until smooth and frothy, about 2 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing with a rubber spatula (discard the pulp). Stir the strained liquid into the gelatin mixture.
• Transfer the pineapple-gelatin mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions until it is the consistency of soft-serve ice cream, 1 to 1 1/2 hours (stop the machine halfway through and scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula). Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a 1-inch star tip and pipe into cups. Alternatively, scrape into a plastic container and freeze until firm, then scoop.

PINEAPPLE SOFT SERVE

Steps:

• Freeze 4 small glasses or ramekins until cold. Put the coconut milk, ice water, vanilla and a pinch of salt in a blender. Add the pineapple and blend, stirring as necessary, until smooth. Working quickly, spoon the soft serve into a piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip and pipe it into the cold cups. Serve immediately.

PINEAPPLE-COCONUT DROP (SOFT) COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugars.
• Add beaten egg mixed with vanilla.
• Sift flour with soda and salt.
• Add to mixture alternately with the pineapple and coconut.
• Mix all items together--well, till it makes a soft batter.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets.
• Leave space for spreading.
• Bake at 375°F for about 10 minutes or until done.
• Be careful not to overbake this cookie.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Soften butter at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Shred pineapple chunks into smaller bits.
• Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
• Add eggs 1 at a time until mixture is fluffy.
• Beat in coconut extract.
• Add water.
• Add the pineapple and coconut.
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• Form cookie dough into a ball and wrap in plastic.
• Chill for 2 hours.
• Roll dough into by the 1/4 into balls.
• Lightly flatten top.
• Lay balls an inch apart and bake for 7 minutes.