Giant Sugar Plum Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 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

Recipe

• 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.