Sugar Plums

Total Time: 3 hrs 12 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup sweet unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup seedless raisin, chopped finely
• 1/4 cup pitted dried dates, chopped finely
• 1/4 cup pecans, chopped finely
• 1 tablespoon plum jam
• decorator sugar (red, green or )
• 3 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, salt,and baking powder; set aside.
• 2 cream butter and sugar together.
• 3 add egg and vanilla to the butter mixture and beat well.
• 4 stir in the flour mixture and mix until well combined.
• 5 flatten dough into a flat round, cover tightly in plastic wrap, and let chill for at least 1 hour.
• 6 mix together the dried fruits and nuts with the plum jam.
• 7 take about 1 rounded teaspoonful of chilled dough and roll into a ball (you may want to dip your hands in a little flour first).
• 8 press a dent into the dough ball and fill dent with a small amount of the fruit& nut mixture.
• 9 pinch dough over the filling and reroll to cover the filling.
• 10 set dough balls on greased baking sheets.
• 11 chill at least 1 hour.
• 12 preheat oven to 350 f and bake sugar plums 12 minutes.
• 13 remove to racks to cool slightly.
• 14 while the sugar plums are still warm, brush them with some melted butter, then roll in colored sugars to coat thoroughly.
• 15 let cool on wire rack.