Plum Betty Recipes

Steps:

• Make pudding mix as directed on box except use 1 1/4 cups fat-free (skim) milk. Fold in yogurt.
• Place about 1/4 cup pudding mixture in bottom of each of 4 parfait glasses. Layer each with 1 tablespoon of the granola and about 1/4 cup of the plums; repeat layers. Top with remaining pudding mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Spread the plums out into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar. In a bowl, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine with beaten egg and spoon the mixture over the plums. Drizzle batter with melted butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the topping is brown, about 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix 3/4 cup sugar, the cornstarch and cinnamon in 2-quart saucepan. Stir in plums and lemon juice. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole; keep plum mixture hot in oven.
• Cut shortening into flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, the baking powder and salt in medium bowl, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of fine crumbs. Mix in milk until mixture forms soft dough. Drop by 6 spoonfuls onto hot plum mixture.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm with whipping cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a five- to six-cup baking dish with some of the melted butter.
• Toss the plums in a bowl with the rest of the melted butter, the lemon juice, one-fourth cup of the oat bran, one-half cup brown sugar and one-half teaspoon cinnamon. Spread the plums in the baking pan.
• Using a fork, a pastry blender or a food processor, combine the remaining oat bran, sugar and cinnamon with the soft butter until crumbly. Spread the mixture over the plums in the baking dish.
• Bake for about 40 minutes, until the top has browned, the filling is bubbly and the aroma is irresistible. Allow to cool until just warm, then serve. Whipped cream, heavy cream or ice cream can be served alongside.

Steps:

• Generously grease bottom and side of 4-cup heatproof mold. In large bowl, pour milk over bread crumbs. Stir in shortening and molasses until well mixed. Stir in remaining pudding ingredients until well blended. Pour into mold. Cover with foil.
• Place mold on rack in Dutch oven. Pour in boiling water up to level of rack. Cover and heat to boiling. Keep water boiling over low heat about 3 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (If adding water during steaming is necessary, uncover and quickly add boiling water.)
• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, mix all sauce ingredients. Cook over low heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Unmold pudding; cut into slices. Serve warm with sauce.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until light golden brown. Remove from heat; stir in plums and cardamom. Cool completely.
• In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, the granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk, vanilla and eggs just until moistened. Gently stir in plum mixture. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• In small bowl, mix brown sugar, walnuts and 1/4 cup butter. Stir in 1/3 cup flour with fork until crumbly. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.