Microwave Peach Plum Butter Recipes

MICROWAVE FRUIT CRISP

Steps:

• Place fruit in a small microwave-safe bowl. In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-1/2 minutes or until fruit is tender.

EASY MICROWAVE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and pinch of salt in a 1-1/2-quart microwave-safe dish.
• Cover an microwave on high for 4 minutes, or until mixture boils, stirring twice.
• Add in peanut butter; stir until smooth.
• Stir in evaporated milk.
• Serve warm over ice cream.
• Top with chopped peanuts if desired.
• Cover and store in refrigerator (it will thicken up more when chilled).
• To reheat: microwave on medium heat for 1-2 minutes, or until heated through.

PLUM BUTTER

Steps:

• Sterilize jars and lids .
• Freeze several small plates to use for testing butter.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot. Add pod and stir in remaining ingredients. Slowly bring to a rolling boil over moderate heat (this will take about 15 minutes), stirring frequently. Boil, uncovered, stirring frequently, until plums are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Discard pod. Purée plums with liquid in batches in food mill set over a bowl. Transfer purée to pot and simmer over low heat, stirring and scraping bottom of pan frequently, until very thick, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. (To test for doneness, drop a spoonful of plum butter on a chilled plate, then tilt; the mixture should not be runny. It should be about as thick as jam.)
• Drain jars upside down on a clean kitchen towel 1 minute, then invert. Ladle plum butter into jars, leaving 1/4 inch of space at top, then run a thin knife between plum butter and jar to eliminate air bubbles.
• Seal, process, and store filled jars , boiling plum butter in jars 10 minutes.
• Let plum butter stand in jars at least 1 day for flavors to develop.