Homemade Carbohydrate Plums

Who knew sugarplums were a existent thing?  You know, from "visions of sugarplums danced inwards their heads"?  Growing up, I envisioned sugarplums every bit tiny ballerinas or fairies.  I genuinely took the give-and-take "dancing" literally.  Deeeeeefinitely didn't intend it was food.

I'm real astute.

But thank y'all to Pinterest, I establish a recipe for actual sugarplums which, every bit it turns out, is a food, and is incredibly uncomplicated in addition to no-bake.  Who knew?


(Alton Brown knew.  Typical)

Sugarplums appointment dorsum to the 1600's in addition to genuinely don't genuinely hateful "plums" at all.  "Plum" was oft used to pull raisins, dates or currants.

We're learning thence much today!

So the "meat" of this recipe is genuinely dried fruit.  In fact, much of the recipe genuinely reminded me of my Homemade Cliff Bars.  You become some sugariness in addition to chewy dried fruit, pulverize alongside some nuts, brand a glutinous dough in addition to shape 'em.  A thing of minutes, really.

So Alton's recipe called for a dissimilar pick of dried fruit in addition to a few dissimilar spices.  I switched upwards the fruit a picayune in addition to substituted dissimilar spices in addition to I genuinely similar the result.  I could envision these beingness delectable alongside some mini chocolate chips mixed in.  Or perhaps swapping maple syrup instead of honey.  Or fifty-fifty mixing inwards to a greater extent than chopped nuts.  Do your thing girl.  No ane volition know the difference.  

Because I can't be the alone ane who idea sugarplums were dancing fairies, right?  Don't respond that.  

Here's the recipe!

Homemade Sugar Plums
makes about 24 pieces

Ingredients

• 3 oz. slivered almonds
• 6 oz. dates 
• 6 oz. dried apricots 
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1.  Put the almonds, dates in addition to apricots inwards the bowl of a nutrient processor in addition to pulse until the fruit in addition to nuts are chopped in addition to get to concord together only haven't formed a ball.  

2.  In a medium bowl, add together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, honey, in addition to vanilla extract.  Add the fruit in addition to nut mixture in addition to combine.  I establish using my hands for this to last the easiest agency to pick out the ingredients together.  It's glutinous thence it helps to spray your hands alongside cooking spray first.  

3.  Pinch off virtually a teaspoon or thence of dough in addition to curl into a ball.  If serving immediately, y'all tin curl inwards course of teaching saccharide in addition to and then serve.  If not, piece of occupation out the balls uncovered (for upwards to a week) in addition to curl inwards saccharide when gear upwards to serve.  

Enjoy!  

Recipe adapted from Alton Brown

Homemade Carbohydrate Plums 2019-04-29T09:10:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: autos