This Southern Pineapple Pie has a burst of tropical summer sunshine baked right into it. Full of juicy pineapple with a custard center, fluffy meringue, and a buttery, flaky crust makes this recipe a “must-try” pie.
This post was created for Dixie Crystals by BigBearsWife, post and words written are 100% mine as always.
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Like the Vintage Ice Box Pecan Cookies that I shared earlier this year, this recipe came from an old Dixie Crystals cookbook. I changed it up just a tad to make the filling a bit thicker and sturdier but I love the vintage feel of this recipe.
Y’all know I love old southern recipes!
What you need for Southern Pineapple Pie: (amounts in recipe)
- deep dish pie crust, baked and cooled
- white sugar
- egg yolks
- salt
- cornstarch
- cup milk
- crushed pineapple, drained VERY WELL
- vanilla extract
PLEASE NOTE – if you do not drain the crushed pineapple, this pie will be mushy and pudding like. It’ll still taste great but won’t slice well.
What you need to make Meringue: (amounts in recipe)
- room temperature egg whites
- cream of tartar
- white sugar
Once the pineapple custard has been made according to the recipe, it is time to top it with the meringue topping! We all know that southern pie’s love their meringue topping and this pineapple pie is no exception!
If you don’t like meringue you could always top this Pineapple Pie with thawed Cool Whip or a homemade vanilla whipped cream right before serving!
Do I have to add cream of tarter to meringue?
Short Answer: No.
BUT if you add it, you’ll get a stiffer meringue and the cream of tarter keeps meringue from beading up with sweat drops when it’s in the fridge.
More Pineapple recipes to make:
BBQ Pineapple Chicken Sandwiches
Southern Pineapple Pie
I MADE THIS RECIPE FOR DIXIE CRYSTALS AND THEY’VE GOT THE ENTIRE RECIPE POSTED ON THEIR SITE.
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What an amazing pie and pineapple is one of my favorite fruit so that this is perfect pies for me….and it looks soo yummy & truly delicious…i will make it now…Thanks for sharing….!
Where is the recipe?
Hi Christine. I made this recipe for Dixie Crystals so the entire recipe is on there site. If you at the bottom of my post, there is giant wording that says “Recipe Here” – “Just CLICK here to get it” 🙂 You scrolled right past it in order to get to the section to make a comment 🙂
I made this and it turned out just horrible! I don’t know why it wasn’t even fit to feed to our chickens! I followed the recipe exactly. What happened?
Hi Janis. Without being in the kitchen with you when you were making this recipe I don’t know how to tell you what went wrong because I wasn’t able to watch you make it. Although over the 12 + years I’ve been sharing recipes, anytime someone says “I followed the recipes exactly or “to the T”, it turns out they did not not in fact follow the recipe directly. I apologize that the recipe didn’t work out for you. I do make sure to test each recipe multiple times before posting it. I’ve also gotten comments on this recipe on Pinterest, Facebook and on the Dixie Crystal site itself that say it’s a wonderful recipe and delicious. So I know it has also been tested by others. I do hope you’ll give it another chance because it is a great dessert. As far as the chickens, I would advise against feeding it to the chickens as the amount of sugar in the pie wouldn’t be good for them.
Well said.