a dessert ...in time for the holidays

Hello Everyone!

We are all busy preparing and enjoying the holidays and counting down the days till Christmas Eve! Believe it or not it is tomorrow night!! This past month we have been busy attending school pageants, carol sing alongs at an old age home, decorating, reading nativity stories and watching classic Christmas movies on t.v.  Have I mentioned that I simply LOVE this season?!!!

I thought it might be fun to share a familiar recipe with you all here as well.  This recipe is for a desert that my mother and grandmother made each and every Christmas when I was growing up, and I am proud to have also made this every year since our firstborn was a baby.  It goes by many different names, but I like to call it "Pineapple Delight".  It is very simple, fun for girls to help with  and I have had positive comments on it.

Here it is:

PINEAPPLE DELIGHT

A) CRUST:

2 cups graham crumbs
1/2 cut melted butter

-mix thoroughly and keep out 1/2 cup of graham crumb mixture for the top of the desert later.
-press crust mixter into a 9X13 Pan
-put in oven at 300* for 10 minutes
-cool completely

B) ICING LAYER:

1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp vanilla to taste
enough milk to make spreadable

-mix all together and spread on top of the cooled graham crust in the pan

C) PINEAPPLE FILLING

1 large can of crushed pineapple (well drained!)
1/2 pint whipping cream

-whip cream on high till stiff, adding small amount of icing sugar if desired
-fold in pineapple in the whipped cream
-spread on top of the icing layer generously

Top the whole dessert with the remaining Graham Crumbs  and Chill (so it sets and flavors combine)
After the dessert has been chilled overnight, cut into squares, serve and enjoy!

and thats it!!

Our family can polish off a pan of these squares in no time!

Well there is still alot of small things I need to tackle tonight so that tomorrow it will be easier paced and we can enjoy our Christmas Eve day and night.  Hope you all have a blessed holiday! I will be back soon to update and post some pics.
Good Night!