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Soft sugar cookies filled with a gooey pineapple caramel center inspired by pineapple upside-down cake.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 210
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2.75 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 0.5 cup coarse sugar, for rolling
  • 1 cup canned pineapple, finely chopped and drained
  • 0.25 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • baking sheet
  • saucepan

Method
 

  1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla.
  2. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt until dough forms.
  3. Cook pineapple, brown sugar, and butter until thickened. Cool completely.
  4. Fill dough balls with pineapple mixture, seal, and roll in sugar.
  5. Bake until edges are set and lightly golden. Cool before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 95mgPotassium: 70mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 6IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 6mg

Notes

Let filling cool completely before assembling cookies.

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