Best Festive Sugar Plums Old Fashioned Sweetmeats Recipes

EASY HOMEMADE SUGAR PLUMS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients except the sugar. Pulse until everything is combined, but not completely pureed.
• Spread a piece of parchment paper over a plate or baking sheet and spoon 13 1" spoonfuls onto the parchment. Like you would with cookies. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Place the sugar onto a shallow dish so that you can roll the balls into the sugar to coat them. Roll a ball with the palms of your hands and then roll it in the sugar with your finger tips. Repeat with all the spoonfuls. You want these to stay cold, so try not to over roll them. They should conform to a ball easily. Serve immediately.

NO-BAKE SUGAR PLUMS

Steps:

• In a food processor or by hand, finely chop apricots, pecans, figs or dates, raisins and coconut.
• Add liqueur or orange juice and almond flavoring.
• Stir until well blended.
• Roll into 36 balls, about 1-inch, by placing a small amount of the mixture between the palms of your hands.
• Roll each ball in granulated sugar.
• Layer in an airtight container, placing waxed paper or plastic wrap between each layer to prevent sticking.
• Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Serve on a glass plate lined with a paper doily.

SWEETMEATS

Steps:

• Crust: Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease a 9x12 inch baking pan.
• Cream butter and brown sugar together.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Pat mixture into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Topping: Mix sugar and eggs.
• Add flour; stir well.
• Fold in walnuts and coconut.
• Pour topping onto crust.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes longer, until topping is set.
• Cool in pan and cut into squares.
• Makes 30 squares.

SUGAR PLUMS

Steps:

• Mix graham crumbs, coconut, large package of jello (dry mix) and milk together really well.
• Shape into 1 inch balls.
• Roll in remaining package of jello (dry mix).
• Reshape if necessary (You can shape them like strawberries if you want).
• Chill.
• Keep them in the fridge or freezer-they taste better cold.

SUGAR PLUM COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven 350.
• degrees F.
• Chop your sugared gumdrops into small pieces, I use scissors, or a sugared or floured paring knife. A little tedious job, but once its done, the recipe is a breeze.
• Mix butter and sugar and cream well with wooden spoon.
• (If using hand mixer do not over beat the butter and sugar, this will make the butter ooozz out while baking and end up with a buttery greasy cookie.).
• Stir in the flour and the chopped gumdrops.( A tip is to use 1/4 cup of the flour tossed into the chopped gumdrops, so that they stay seperate after cutting.).
• Shape dough into balls. This doesnt want to hold together well, so just squeeze each ball tightly to form.
• Place onto cookie sheet.
• Press a greased glass into the granulated sugar, and then press down on each cookie to 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut the small drops into pieces and press a few into each cookie.
• Bake 10 minutes, or until edges are light golden.
• Remove to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• You will see that these are crumbly to make balls, You might even think that they won't hold up.
• But do not add any more butter.
• That is the reason that the last drops are pressed into place before baking.