Pineapple Bars

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease your 9 x 13 baking pan with butter or use non-stick cooking spray.

Step 2

For the crust/topping: in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer bowl add flour, sugar, salt and cubed butter. Use a pastry cutter if using a mixing bowl, or using your stand mixer, combine until crumbly.

Step 3

Reserve 1 cup of the crust/topping crumbles to use as the topping later. Transfer the rest of the crust mix to your 9 x 13 pan and cover the bottom of the pan completely, pressing the crust mixture down to make an even base layer.

Step 4

Bake the crust for 15 minutes in preheated oven. While the crust is baking, start on the filling.

Step 5

In a large bowl or your stand mixer bowl, combine beaten eggs, sugar, sour cream, salt, flour and pineapple. Stir gently to combine.

Step 6

After the crust has baked for 15 minutes, allow to cool for a few minutes then spoon the filling over the crust layer. Crumble the reserved 1 cup of the crust mixture over the filling layer and bake for 1 hour or until golden (lightly).

Step 7

Allow baked pineapple bars to cool for 15 minutes on a cooling rack.

Step 8

While cooling, mix up the coconut icing: in a small bowl, combine confectioners sugar, half-and-half and coconut extract.

Step 9

Stir until the icing is smooth and thick enough to slowly drizzle over the pineapple bars (add more confectioners sugar if needed, to thicken - conversely, add more half-and-half if the icing is too thick).

Step 10

Drizzle the icing over your pan of cooled pineapple bars, cut into squares and serve.