Pineapple Cheesecake Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 recipe of Pat-in-the-Pan Crust (below)
    1/4 cup all-purpose flour
    2 packages (8 ounce each) cream cheese, softened
    1/4 cup sugar
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple (drained--reserve 1 cup juice)
    2 eggs
    2/3 cup Dole unsweetened pineapple juice
    1/2 cup whipping cream
Preparation
    Heat oven to 350 degrees.
    Bake crust.
    Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth and fluffy; beat in 1/2 cup sugar and eggs.
    Stir in 2/3 cup pineapple juice.
    Pour cream cheese mixture over hot crust.
    Bake just until center is set, about 20 minutes. Cool completely.
    Mix flour and 1/4 cup sugar in 2 quart saucepan. Stir in 1 cup reserved pineapple juice.
    Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
    Boil and stir 1 minute.
    Remove from heat; fold in pineapple.
    Cool completely.
    Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl until stiff.
    Fold in pineapple mixture. Spread carefully over dessert.
    Cover loosely and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours.
    Cut into squares.

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