Pineapple Crumble Bar Recipe (Pineapple Crumb Bar Cookies)
This pineapple crumble bar recipe is prepared with the bottom base and the top crumbs with flour, butter and sugar, and baked in the oven with a lemon and pineapple filling in between. The ingredients are few, the how-to steps are short; You can slice it into squares and serve it for tea time or as a snack.
Ingredients
1. For the crumb dough
2. For the pineapple filling
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the oven and mold
Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease a baking tray approximately 23x33 cm or line it with baking paper; So you can easily remove the bars.
Make the crumb dough
Mix flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Add the cold butter and crumble it with your fingertips or a pastry cutter until a sandy, coarse crumb texture is formed.
Press the base
Pour about half of the crumb mixture into the mold. Form a firm base by pressing with your hand or the back of a spatula.
Bake the pineapple filling
Mix 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Add water, lemon juice and strained crushed pineapple. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened; When it starts to boil, stir for another 1-2 minutes and remove from the stove.
Layers assemble
Spread the hot pineapple filling evenly over the base. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top; It's enough to cover everything, you don't need to press it.
Bake
Place the tray in the oven and bake for about 34 minutes until the top is lightly colored. Check it in the last minutes so the top crumbs don't burn.
Cool and slice
Cool the mold completely on a wire rack. Let it sit for at least 1 hour for the filling to set, then slice it into 24 squares.