Coveted Nice Aunt’s Recipe for Straightforward Pineapple Squares with Oatmeal

You never lived until you tasted my great-aunt’s recipe for pineapple squares with its chewy butterscotch like oat and brown sugar crust in between cooked pineapple filling. This used to be the star attraction at every family gathering, social or church function that everyone looked forward to after first tasting her coveted, secret recipe. Now that she has passed, I don’t think she would mind my sharing her recipe for these sinfully delicious pineapple oatmeal squares with you.

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Easy Pineapple Squares with Oatmeal

1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 ½ cups quick oatmeal
1 cup of butter, softened

Pineapple Filling:

½ cups of sugar
1 tablespoon of cornstarch
1 can crushed pineapple with juice (20 oz.)
1 teaspoon of lemon juice

1. Preheat your oven to 350-degrees.
2. Combine the flour, salt, brown sugar, oatmeal, and butter in a large mixing bowl and mix with your hands working the butter in to form coarse crumbs like you do when making a pie crust.
3. Grease a 9-x 13″ baking pan and place half of those ingredients into it, pressing them down to form the bottom layer.
4. In a saucepan, add the crushed pineapple and its juice, cornstarch, sugar, and lemon juice and mix thoroughly before cooking it.
5. Cook this mixture until somewhat thickened. Set this aside to cool.
6. Pour the cooled mixture over the pressed ingredients in the pan and then top with the remaining coarse flour butter mixture.
7. Bake at 350-degree for about 40-45 minutes, depending on how your oven is regulated. Test with a cake tester, slender knife or a toothpick to see if anything sticks for determining doneness.
8. ENJOY!

You never lived until you tasted my great-aunt’s recipe for pineapple squares with its chewy butterscotch like crust and cooked pineapple filling.

Course:

Dessert, Snack

Cuisine:

American

Keyword:

butterscotch oat crust, easy pineapple squares recipe, heirloom pineapple oatmeal bars, pineapple cookie recipe, pineapple oatmeal squares, pineapple squares

Author: Mary Balandiat

• 1
  cup
  of flour
• 1
  teaspoon
  of salt
• 1
  cup
  of light brown sugar
  firmly packed
• 2 ½
  cups
  quick oatmeal
• 1
  cup
  of butter
  softened
• Pineapple Filling:
• ½
  cups
  of sugar
• 1
  tablespoon
  of cornstarch
• 1
  can crushed pineapple with juice
  20 oz.
• 1
  teaspoon
  of lemon juice

1. Preheat your oven to 350-degrees.

2. Combine the flour, salt, brown sugar, oatmeal, and butter in a large mixing bowl and mix with your hands working the butter in to form coarse crumbs like you do when making a pie crust.

3. Grease a 9-x 13″ baking pan and place half of those ingredients into it, pressing them down to form the bottom layer.

4. In a saucepan, add the crushed pineapple and its juice, cornstarch, sugar, and lemon juice and mix thoroughly before cooking it.

5. Cook this mixture until somewhat thickened. Set this aside to cool.

6. Pour the cooled mixture over the pressed ingredients in the pan and then top with the remaining coarse flour butter mixture.

7. Bake at 350-degree for about 40-45 minutes, depending on how your oven is regulated. Test with a cake tester, slender knife or a toothpick to see if anything sticks for determining doneness.

8. ENJOY!