{"id":1678,"date":"2017-06-30T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/villasentieri.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=1678"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:59:18","slug":"pineapple-cream-cheese-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villasentieri.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/30\/pineapple-cream-cheese-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Ann’s Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 30, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

I grew up at a time, and in a town, where people just dropped in, unannounced, to visit family and friends.<\/p>\n

Some evenings we\u2019d stay home.\u00a0 Some evenings we\u2019d go to town.\u00a0 This was pretty much every Monday and Thursday when the stores were open until 9:00 PM.\u00a0 And, mind you, we dressed<\/em> to go to town!\u00a0 Other evenings we\u2019d visit family and friends.<\/p>\n

Around the age of 5 or 6, when we went to Aunt Ann\u2019s, I\u2019d play with food.\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 And not at the table.\u00a0 I don\u2019t honestly know how this got started but Aunt Ann would spread out a vinyl tablecloth on the beige wall-to-wall carpet in her living room.\u00a0 (Remember, this was around 1960!)\u00a0 I would pull pots and pans and mixing bowls and other equipment (like box graters and spoons) out of her kitchen cabinets and haul my stash to the living room.<\/p>\n

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Aunt Ann circa 1965 at Grandma and Grandpa’s house<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I\u2019d raid the refrigerator for things like carrots, celery, and so forth.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d sit in the living room, on the tablecloth, grating vegetables and mixing things in the various pots and bowls.<\/p>\n

My love of cooking has deep roots.<\/p>\n

My love of peanut butter not so much.<\/p>\n

For some reason, I despised peanut butter at that age.\u00a0 (I know, that\u2019s almost un-American!)\u00a0 But just to keep things from being too quiet, Uncle Jano would sometimes walk towards me holding a jar of peanut butter and I would run like a vampire running from a wooden stake.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what I thought was going to happen, but I had to escape from the peanut butter.<\/p>\n

The ordeal usually ended with me face down on the sofa until Uncle Jano retreated\u2026sometimes only to start again after I pulled my face out of the pillow.<\/p>\n

Aunt Ann and Uncle Jano were great fun.\u00a0 But they were only Aunt Ann and Uncle Jano if you were related to them through Uncle Jano.\u00a0 If you were related to them through Aunt Ann, they were Aunt Honey and Uncle John.<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Uncle Jano, my Grandfather, Uncle “Booty” and my Dad, circa 1965 on a Sunday at my Grandparent’s house<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aunt Ann was a great cook.\u00a0 She was ethnically Russian and made lots of Russian and Eastern European food like mushroom soup, potato soup, kielbasa, chicken paprikash, pierogi, stuffed cabbage, and so forth.<\/p>\n

She also made Italian food, which she learned from the wife of the local Mafia Boss who lived down the street.\u00a0 (I had a colorful childhood.\u00a0 What can I say?)<\/p>\n

There were the occasional American dishes, like Rum Balls and Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie, too.<\/p>\n

Years after those episodes of “cooking” on Aunt Ann’s living room floor, when I was in my teens and twenties, I was always on the lookout for pineapple cream cheese pie when we went to visit.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to keep this manageable, I am not posting a recipe for pie crust just yet, but I will at a future date.\u00a0 If you have a favorite pie crust recipe, by all means, make your own.\u00a0 If not, buy prepared pie crust from the grocery store.\u00a0 But whatever you do,\u00a0give this recipe a try if it appeals to you.\u00a0 It’s always a hit!<\/p>\n

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This one is just for fun: Aunt Ann (far left), Aunt Margie (in the back), my mom (far right), my sister and my cousin “Rocky” circa 1950<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunt Ann's Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie<\/h2>\n
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If you don\u2019t have a favorite pie crust recipe, or if you aren\u2019t comfortable making pie crust, buy prepared pie crust. Be sure to purchase NINE INCH DEEP DISH pie crust, however. If you are making your own pie crust, you can use a standard nine inch pie pan, deep dish is not necessary. The cream cheese filling is easier to make in a food processor though an electric mixer works, too. If you are using a mixer, the cream cheese will be much easier to mix if it is at room temperature. This is not critical if you are using a food processor.<\/div>\n
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Prep Time <\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time <\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hr<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time <\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hr<\/span> 30 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Servings: <\/span>2<\/span> pies<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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