Pineapple Dream Dessert Recipes

School’s out for summer
Summer is officially in full swing at my house. Kids got out of school last Thursday and I lost all of my hair by Saturday. I kid. I kid. Sorta. This is the time of year that working from home has some serious downfalls. On one hand, you want to be Super Mom and plan all these super cool, fun things for your kids so this will be the summer to remember. On the other hand, you HAVE to get work done. But when you don’t go into an actual office, how do you do that? How do you be a fun Mom, still teach your kids through the summer and make sure they are actually practicing basic hygiene and eating decent food, keep the house straight, get all the chores done (grocery shopping, cooking, etc.) and still keep your sanity, manage a shower and earn a paycheck? I just can’t figure out that balance yet without losing my mind.

Balancing it all
And my dishwasher broke yesterday and it’s going to be two weeks before the warranty repair work can be done on it. Summer just started, y’all. I know – first world problems, right? But seriously, if you have any tips on how I can keep it together without totally falling apart mentally – I’d love to hear your tips. Because something has to give at some point, doesn’t it? We can’t possibly be all things to all people at all times and yet we don’t want to alienate all those folks that we love and are more important to us than work and a clean house.

No-Bake Pineapple Dream Dessert
So now, how do I segue from that barrel of laughs to talking about this recipe? Well, I can’t really, so here it goes. Clearly I stink at small talk. To celebrate summer, I thought I’d share this old school recipe made with graham crackers, crushed pineapple, cream cheese and COOL WHIP. It was pretty popular in the 70’s. It’s simple to make but it’s served chilled so it is refreshing and surprisingly does not taste heavy at all. This 8×8 dish can be cut into 12-15 pieces so it serves more than you would think. Do yourself a favor and bring back this favorite dessert and make it a 1970’s summer to remember.

Ingredients
Crust:

• 2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs divided use
• 1/2 cup butter

Filling:

• 4 oz cream cheese (1/2 block) softened
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 8 oz container frozen whipped topping (COOL WHIP) thawed
• 1 20 oz can crushed pineapple drained well

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300F.
2. Crush graham crackers. Also, drain crushed pineapple.
3. Melt 1/2 cup (1 stick butter) in the microwave in a medium, microwave-safe bowl.
4. Add 2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs to the melted butter and stir until combined.
5. Measure out 2 CUPS of the crumb mixture and press it firmly into the bottom of an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 square baking dish (whichever you have)
6. Bake crumb mixture for about 8-10 minutes and then allow to cool completely.
7. ………………………………..

for full instruction please see : www.thecountrycook.net