Sugar Plum Dreams Cookies Recipes

SUGAR PLUMS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs for 1 minute. Gradually add 1 cup sugar; beat 1 minute longer or until thickened. Stir in the almonds, coconut, dates and extracts. Transfer to an ungreased 11x7-in. baking dish., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until browned and a thermometer reads 160°. Remove from the oven; stir. Let stand for 6-8 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Roll into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Cool completely on waxed paper. Store in an airtight container.

PLUM JAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F( 190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Beat in the egg and water. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the butter mixture until well blended.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with a 2 inch round cookie cutter. Put half of the cookies onto a cookie sheet and spread 1/2 of a teaspoon of plum jam in the center of each one. With a thimble, or small cookie cutter , cut the center out of the remaining cookies. Place these on top of the jam topped cookies to make sandwiches. Press together. Bake cookies for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool.

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.

SUGAR PLUM NO-BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Pour the milk into a mixing bowl, and sprinkle 1 package of strawberry gelatin overtop. Stir to dissolve the gelatin, then stir in the coconut and graham cracker crumbs until a stiff dough forms. You may need to use additional graham cracker crumbs to make a firm dough.
• Roll the dough into approximately 30 - 1 inch balls. Pour the remaining strawberry gelatin into a small bowl, and roll the cookies in the gelatin to coat. Place the cookies onto a serving tray, and press a whole clove into each to form a stem.

SUGAR PLUM DREAMS COOKIES

Steps:

• Cover cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper.
• In a bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Cut in the cold butter.
• Dissolve the yeast in the 1/4 cup warm water. Add the eggs, sour cream and flavoring. Cover and chill for 2 hours, but it can sit longer if necessary. The dough does not need to rise.
• Make colored sugar by mixing sugar with food coloring.
• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Sprinkle some of the colored sugar in whatever color you desire onto wax paper.
• Divide dough into thirds, and return the remainder to the refrigerator.
• Roll the dough out to a 10" x 8" rectangle, then fold the ends in to the center. Resugar the surface and roll out again to an 10x8 inch rectangle. Repeat the rolling and folding process 2 more times (a total of 3).
• Cut rolled out dough into 4" by 1/2" strips, then twist and shape as desired -- candy canes, rosettes, pretzels, rope twists, etc. Place the cookies on the prepared cookie sheets
• Bake immediately, 10 to 12 minutes. Watch carefully as the sugar has a tendency to burn the cookies. When done, remove from the sheets at once.