Description
Sweet pineapple upside-down sugar cookies offer a delightful twist on classic desserts. Rich caramelized fruit and buttery cookie base create a nostalgic treat you’ll savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can or 6–8 fresh pineapple rings
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp (5 g) baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4–6 maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Preheat Preparation: Heat the oven to 350F (175C) and liberally coat a muffin tin with non-stick spray, ensuring comprehensive coverage to prevent adherence.
- Caramel Foundation: Whisk melted butter and brown sugar into a silky, uniform mixture that will create a luscious base for the cookies, distributing the mixture evenly across each muffin cavity with approximately one teaspoon per cup.
- Fruit Arrangement: Meticulously position pineapple chunks and halved cherries at the base of each cavity, creating an aesthetically pleasing pattern that guarantees complete fruit coverage and visual appeal.
- Caramelization Process: Place the prepared tin in the preheated oven, allowing the sugary mixture to transform and the fruit to develop rich, golden caramelized edges while becoming translucent and glossy.
- Cooling and Unmolding: After removing from the oven, let the cookies rest briefly to set the caramelized fruit, then carefully invert the tin onto a serving platter, gently tapping to release the cookies and showcase the beautifully glazed fruit topping.
- Final Presentation: Allow the upside-down cookies to cool completely, ensuring the caramel and fruit remain perfectly bonded to the cookie base, creating a delectable and visually stunning dessert.
Notes
- Prevent Sticking Carefully: Liberally coat muffin tin with non-stick spray, ensuring every surface is covered to guarantee easy cookie removal.
- Caramelize Precisely: Watch sugar-butter mixture closely during baking to achieve perfect golden-brown color without burning or becoming bitter.
- Fruit Placement Strategy: Arrange pineapple chunks and cherries symmetrically and gently to create visually appealing and evenly distributed fruit patterns.
- Cooling Technique: Let cookies rest briefly after baking before inverting, allowing caramel to set and minimize potential structural breakdown during serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg