Classic Pineapple Casserole

Classic cheesy Pineapple Casserole is genuinely a Southern potluck favorite that graces the tabular array of many Thanksgiving as well as Christmas 24-hour interval dinners inwards the South, too!

I'm mostly non a fan of hot pineapple.  Like on pizza.  Nope ... to me, pineapple is something that's exactly supposed to hold out eaten cold.

So the get-go fourth dimension I encountered this pineapple casserole ... belike needless to say, ... I was very skeptical.

I scream upwards that get-go fourth dimension well.

I had exactly moved from Vermont to North Carolina, had exactly started my get-go 'real' job, as well as ... it was my get-go Thanksgiving away from my Mom's cooking.  I was super blessed, though, as well as was invited past times my brother's mother in law to select Thanksgiving dinner with their family.  So sweet!

I won't become into all the Northern vs. Southern Thanksgiving-food-culture-shock I experienced that day.  Perhaps we'll relieve that for some other 24-hour interval ... But ane affair that was on the tabular array that I wasn't used to was this classic Pineapple Casserole.

I had never ... ever ... seen this dish before.

Not exclusively was it hot pineapple ... which I didn't similar ... it had cheddar cheese mixed with the pineapple!  Cheddar cheese as well as pineapple??  I scream upwards thinking, equally non to hold out rude I took a scoop, "Oh, my, this is non going to become downwardly easy."

But much to my stupor as well as dismay, it was really good!  I hateful seriously, I didn't intend in that place was whatsoever means inwards the the world I would similar a casserole based about cheesy hot pineapple.  But I do!

And turns out a lot of other people do, too.

This easy-to-whip up, quick-to-fix dish exactly as well as thus happens to hold out a truthful Southern potluck favorite, turning upwards at well-nigh every bring-a-dish-to-share function.  And it's ever a crowd-pleaser.  Always.

And when paired with a elementary ham steak, or baked pork chop, or grilled chicken breast, this casserole helps larn a delicious repast on the tabular array at domicile inwards no fourth dimension flat.

To exercise this quick-and-easy pineapple concoction, only combine chunk pineapple with some self-rising flour, sugar, as well as grated cheese ...

Then brand a crumb topping with crackers as well as melted butter, as well as sprinkle it evenly over the pineapple mixture.

Bake it until it's golden ...

... as well as you've got yourself crowd-favorite classic Pineapple Casserole, ready to yoke beautifully with baked ham or turkey.  Or pork.  Or chicken.

Skeptical, similar me?  Don't hold out afraid!  I encourage you lot ... plough over pineapple as well as cheese a chance.  Also similar me, you lot may exactly hold out pleasantly surprised past times this quick-fix favorite.

Pineapple Casserole

Source:  My brother's mother-in-law
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 2 (20 oz.) cans chunk pineapple inwards juice (no carbohydrate added), good drained
• 3/4 c. granulated sugar
• 6 T. self-rising flour
• 2 c. grated abrupt cheddar cheese
• 2 c. crumbled Ritz crackers (approximately 1 sleeve)
• 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, melted

Directions

1. Mix together drained pineapple, sugar, flour, as well as cheese. Pour into an 8x8" baking dish lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Combine Ritz cracker crumbs as well as melted margarine, tossing with a fork to moisten all the crumbs. Top the pineapple mixture evenly with the cracker crumb mixture.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until heated through.

Enjoy!

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