Cut 2 fresh ripe pineapple into thin long fingers.
Lay in buttered baking dish.
Sprinkle over pineapple:

1 1/4	cup brown sugar
1	teaspoon vanilla
1/2	teaspoon lime or lemon juice

Pour over pineapple:

1/2	cup rum, dark

 

Cover dish with foil. Cut 2 slits in the foil.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover, bake for 10 to 15 minutes until the syrup has reduced somewhat.

Remove from oven. Let cool in syrup. Add:

1	tablespoon rum just before serving

Garnish with mint sprigs.