I’m pretty sure my mom got this recipe from my grandmother. I’m betting Grandma put in more butter. My mom counts this as a “side” dish, when clearly, it’s a dessert.
This dish screams 1970s or 80s to me, though I’m not sure why. It seems like one that would have been listed in a cookbook the church put together, for sure. Whatever it is, I freaking love it. And it is crazy easy, so there’s that.
Pineapple Bake
4 cups bread sliced and cubed (my mom uses leftover hamburger buns, hot dog buns, white bread, etc.)
3 eggs beaten
1 stick of butter (melted)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 can of pineapple chunks (my can was about 20 oz.)
1/2 cup pineapple juice from the can used above
Mix all of this together.
Place in a buttered casserole dish. (I used a 9×13 pyrex dish.
Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes.
Crazy easy, crazy delicious. And note, in the image the pineapple bake was absolutely used as a side dish. We had a whole separate dessert.
What a beautiful thing.
