PINEAPPLE COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

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Make and share this Pineapple Cookies With Browned Butter Frosting recipe from Food.com.

Provided by grandma2969

Time 23m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1/2 cup Crisco
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
8 ounces crushed pineapple, drained
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
6 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Place Crisco and sugar in large bowl, beat on low speed until creamed, about 30 seconds. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each--about 1 minute.
Add the pineapple and beat 15 seconds to mix in, turn off the machine.
In small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder and salt.
Stir in the dry ingredients to batter with wooden spoon. Fold in walnuts.
Drop the batter on baking sheets, bake until set and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes.
Remove the cookies from oven and cool on wire rack.
To prepare FROSTING.
Sift powdered sugar into a large bowl. Place butter in pan over medium heat and Stir and cook until butter melts and browns.
Remove the pan from heat, stir in pineapple juice and vanilla and pour the liquid mix over sugar, whisking till smooth.
Frost cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1471.5, Fat 74.2, SaturatedFat 27.4, Cholesterol 202.1, Sodium 754.8, Carbohydrate 191.1, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 122.3, Protein 16.4