Pineapple Squares (Une Torte De Chabecan)
By Marjorie Mariner (1963). Submitted by Louise Vett and Joan Yanchick.
Louise Vett shares Marjorie Mariner’s recipe for Pineapple Squares, which dates from 1963. Mariner was host of “Kitchen Corner,” which aired on WFMJ. Mariner’s recipes were also published in The Youngstown Vindicator. The synergy of local television and the daily newspaper made Mariner a very popular local figure in the 1960s.
INGREDIENTS & PREPARATION
½ lb. butter
1 cup sugar
Cream together well
Add 3 eggs
Beat well
Add together
3 cups flour
Dash of salt
Mix together wet and dry mixtures
Add ½ cup sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla
Spread half batter into well-greased 10×15 cookie sheet
Spread pineapple filling over batter (see recipe below)
Spread rest of batter over pineapple filling
Sprinkle with 1 cup chopped nuts
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
Pineapple filling
1 #2 can crushed pineapple (2½ cups or 20 oz.)
½ cup sugar
4 tablespoon cornstarch
Mix in pan and cook until thick.
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 – This recipe comes from Louise Vett, who submitted Marjorie Mariner’s 1963 recipe.){kind=link}