Sugar Plum are candies associated with Christmas and are made from nuts,dry fruits and spices.I had heard about sugar plum or rather the 'sugar plum fairy' but had never seen a recipe -never even knew it was a candy to be precise - and did not even knew they were so easy to make until I saw them in Closet Cooking.
Ingredients:
Almonds: 1 cup
Date: 1/2 cup chopped
Apricots: 1/2 cup chopped
Dried Figs: 1/2 cup chopped
Honey: 2 tbsp
Orange ZestIngredients:
Almonds: 1 cup
Date: 1/2 cup chopped
Apricots: 1/2 cup chopped
Dried Figs: 1/2 cup chopped
Honey: 2 tbsp
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Allspice
Preparation:
Toast almonds in the oven at 400 for 8-10 minutes till they turn brown.You can do this in the stove top(I did) or even the microwave.Let them cool a bit and then chop them into small pieces.Also chop pitted dates,figs and apricots.
Mix all the chopped nuts, dry fruits,spices and zest in a bowl.Add honey and again mix well.I used hands for this.Form small balls out of the mix.Dust with icing sugar and serve.
The nuts add crunch to the sugar plums while the dried fruits make it chewy and add sweetness and a bit of tanginess to this.Honey makes sure everything sticks together but the dryfruits also act as glue.I added allspice and pinch of cinnamon and avoided nutmeg as I elt the allspice has a nutmeggy taste.You can add the spices as per taste or do check the original recipe at Closet Cooking.
Obviously this is my simple sweet Christmassy entry to T&T:ClosetCooking at Salt2Taste,an event by Zlamuskha.
The Christmassy sugar plums are onway to Homemade: End of 2009 Edition where all things Festive are welcome.
UPDATE on 13 Jan 2010 : These are also a part of the Jingle Event at Asankhana. Thanks Priyanka for accepting this along with BonBon Cookies.
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16 Comments:
Healthy snack. And great for christmas!
Looks tempting and healthy...
Looks fabulous! I always imagined them to be a dried sugar crusted treat. Who knew they were like this?
Quiet a energy booster, prefect for christmas..
looks like a really healthy snack..
First time commenting here. Easy and quick recipe.
Hi Sweatha HRU? Sugar plums mmmm looks mouthwatering yummy and interesting recipe
Wow..they look yum...
sugar plum fairies and nutcrackers and these cookies.. festive air all around...happy hols!!
These are looking like some great delicious Indian laddus. I think I can make them for my sweet neigbour for Christmas.
These look absolutely splendid !
That 's a festive treat!
something new nd delicious,..i gotta try this,..:-)and ya christmasy too,..send thesetoo for the jingle event,..:-)
Nice recipe for the holidays.. Thanks for participating in the event. Happy new year
Your sugar plums look great! I really enjoy more natural sweets like this.
Lovely sugar plums :-) Thanks for participating the cooking event with Kevin. I hope you re up for another challenge too. We have almost 10 more days to go ... this month, we are cooking from Akal´s Saappadu, hope you like. More info here.
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