Thank you for being so nice. Now to go and broaden my, whatever?
The cookies are really a do over. CF:)

I notice the recipe called for crushed pineapple but siddons31 said something about pineapple chunks. The crushed pineapple with the juice will make a much moister cookie.

As for the sweetness of the cookie....unlike cooking, baking is a science so, unfortunately, if you decide to change the recipe by adding more sugar or more liquid, it can change the outcome dramatically. I would suggest instead of adding more sugar, make a glaze or icing for the cookies to sweeten them up a bit instead of adding more sugar to the recipe.

Katie - sometimes it's not you - it's the recipe. And I find many recipes on line are incorrect - whether it is an honest error or someone trying to jerk a person along to make something and have to waste it - it's hard to say. Unfortunately - some recipes you find on line are not good at all.

here's a moist pinepaple cookie recipe -

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt


Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, beat well, then stir in the vanilla and pineapple. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.


the recipe you posted had too little sugar and too much flour to make it turn out satisfactory - but then again - it's just my opinion

Mama, that was what I thought. As they were crumbly and not sweet. Well I did burn the heck out of my thumb, that didn't help much.
I am going to make them again. I thought I might of miss measured my flour. I will not let it beat me. CF:)

Just as a matter of interest I wanted to take a minute between packing chores and trying to find appropriate clothing to take along to two different areas which have totally divergent weather - one cool and misty, one just plain stinking hot in the summertime. Anyway, in defense of that Pineapple Cookie recipe - it didn't come from an online source - nowhere near. It was actually given to me by a little, bent-over man who lives in the apartment complex next door to us. He fancies himself a cook and the fire department has been called several times to "put out" his stove or oven, but George means well and tries hard and I did actually try his cookie recipes - with a certain amount of tweeking they really weren't half bad!

katie - and now, back to the trying to find stuff!