Giant Sugar Plum Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Prehat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream shortening and sugars.
• Add egg yolks, milk and vanilla.
• Beat well.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add to sugar mixture.
• Chill dough at least 1 hour.
• On a well floured board, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters.
• Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 6-8 minutes on a ungreased cookie sheet.

Steps:

• To make the filling: Place plums, sugar and butter in saucepan; cook over low heat until juices flow.
• Heat to boil; simmer 3 minutes or until plums are tender when pierced.
• Add cornstarch/water mixture and cook until mixture is clear and thickened; stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Cream butter and sugars.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in sifted dry ingredients.
• Chill dough one hour.
• Preheat oven to 400F and spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Roll dough on floured board to 1/8" thickness; cut into 3 1/2" circles.
• Work with only a portion of dough at a time for ease of handling.
• Cut a 1" hole in middle of half of the circles.
• Put 2 tablespoons plum filling on center of the other half of the circles.
• Top with holed circle and crimp edges decoratively with a fork.
• Arrange on a cookie sheet.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; cool on rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in the top part of oven.
• Toss together all filling ingredients in a 2-quart shallow baking dish and bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix all topping ingredients in a bowl with your hands until butter is well combines and mixture is crumbly.
• Stir fruit filling, then sprinkle oat mixture over it and bake until topping is crisp and golden and fruit is bubbling, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the syrup, oil, vanilla extract, and molasses. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Fold in the dried plums and nuts.
• Using your hands, roll tablespoon-size scoops of dough into balls. Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheet and press down slightly on the balls to flatten the tops. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a baking rack to cool completely.
• For variety, replace the all-purpose flour with whole wheat pastry flour, barley flour, spelt flour, or a gluten-free baking mix (choose one that does not include baking soda and baking powder). You can also substitute chocolate chips for the dried fruit and any kind of nuts for the walnuts.

Steps:

• In a blender, combine milk, fruit and other flavoring ingredients (as called for) and blend until smooth.
• Add frozen yogurt and blend until smooth.
• Pour into 2-4 chilled glasses and sprinkle with topping ingredients (as called for, if using).