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Giant Sugar Plum Cookies
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 12 Minutes
Ready In: 27 Minutes
Servings: 10
A lovely filled cookie from an old newspaper clipping. Roll some out for your family gatherings or for story time with a glass of icy cold milk. Chilling time not included in preparation time.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 lb fresh plum, thinly sliced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
egg, lightly beaten
sugar
Directions:
1. To make the filling: Place plums, sugar and butter in saucepan; cook over low heat until juices flow.
2. Heat to boil; simmer 3 minutes or until plums are tender when pierced.
3. Add cornstarch/water mixture and cook until mixture is clear and thickened; stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.
4. Sift dry ingredients together.
5. Cream butter and sugars.
6. Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in sifted dry ingredients.
7. Chill dough one hour.
8. Preheat oven to 400F and spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
9. Roll dough on floured board to 1/8 thickness; cut into 3 1/2 circles.
10. Work with only a portion of dough at a time for ease of handling.
11. Cut a 1 hole in middle of half of the circles.
12. Put 2 tablespoons plum filling on center of the other half of the circles.
13. Top with holed circle and crimp edges decoratively with a fork.
14. Arrange on a cookie sheet.
15. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
16. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; cool on rack.
By RecipeOfHealth.com