Fresh pineapple crisp
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple peeled, cored and diced into bite-sized pieces - roughly about three cups of pineapple if you are not using a whole pineapple
- 3 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice just give a quick squeeze
- pinch of salt
For the crisp topping
- ½ cup brown sugar light or dark it doesn't matter
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup macadamia nuts or whatever nuts you like and/or unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ tablespoon of cinnamon
- ½ tablespoon of vanilla bean past or extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
For the pineapple
- In a bowl mix together the flour, sugar and salt to combine. Add the pineapple, vanilla and squeeze of lemon juice and toss to coat all the pineapple with the flour/sugar mixture. Place in the baking dish.
- For the crisp
- Put all the ingredients in a bowl, and with a wooden spoon, or your washed hands, mix together, making sure to fully incorporate the butter with the flour. It should be a crumbly dough consistency. Sprinkle this on top of the pineapple.
- Bake in middle rack of oven for about 45 minutes or until all the juices have thickened and are bubbly.
- I like this served as is, but my family really enjoyed it with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Note - you may want to bake this on a lined baking sheet, depending on the size of your baking dish, in case in bubble over. Mine didn't as shown, but it has happened to me in the past when I used a smaller baking dish.