the first 15: 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Baked Pineapple

My sister in law, Erin introduced this recipe to our family. It is soooooo good with ham!

6 slices of bread, cubed
20 oz. can of crushed pineapple in juice
1/2 c. of butter, softened
1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs

Preheat oven to 350°.

Beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs and beat until combined. Add pineapple (juice and all!) and mix well.

Placed cubed bread in a greased square pan. (a double batch will fit in a 9×13 pan.) Pour the pineapple mixture over the bread cubes, making sure all the bread is covered in liquid. The goal is to have just enough bread to soak up most of the liquid without having any pieces totally dry. If you still have a lot of liquid left, add more bread cubes. (The final consistency should be something like french toast, not soup!)

Bake uncovered at 350° for about 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until cooked through and lightly brown on top.

The inspiration

For a couple of years I have been typing up recipes and dreaming of getting them all into a book - one place that I can look for all of our go-to recipes we've compiled over the first 15 years of our marriage. But I hit a slump and became discouraged that this was never going to happen. Until the other night when I was talking to my friends Julie and Eric and they loved the idea, and Eric suggested that instead of a book, I create a blog! This way I could post what I already have typed up, it would all be in one spot, and maybe someday if I ever do actually get it put into a cookbook, it will be ready!