Giant Sugar Plum Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Plum Filling
1 lb fresh plum, thinly sliced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
Glaze
egg, lightly beaten
sugar

Preparation

To make the filling: Place plums, sugar and butter in saucepan; cook over low heat until juices flow.
Heat to boil; simmer 3 minutes or until plums are tender when pierced.
Add cornstarch/water mixture and cook until mixture is clear and thickened; stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Cream butter and sugars.
Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in sifted dry ingredients.
Chill dough one hour.
Preheat oven to 400F and spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
Roll dough on floured board to 1/8\" thickness; cut into 3 1/2\" circles.
Work with only a portion of dough at a time for ease of handling.
Cut a 1\" hole in middle of half of the circles.
Put 2 tablespoons plum filling on center of the other half of the circles.
Top with holed circle and crimp edges decoratively with a fork.
Arrange on a cookie sheet.
Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; cool on rack.