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This is the first year my Brookred Plum tree has provided us with an abundance of fruit ... Always been tasty but in the past there has just been enough for eating out of hand. The skins on the plums is rather tough so I'm not sure what the best thing to do with them is. I have searched the Internet for recipes but it seems they are for bought fruit. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

There's a recipe on the internet for plum oatmeal crisp from Martha Stewart that sounds good.  
Have had both plum crisp and pies and always found them tasy and just a bit different.

Is preparing the plums for these recipes. Do I skin and stone the plums? The recipes say to cut the plums in pieces. I think the skins will remain tough even after baking.

Think that's the way my mother used to do it.

Check Pinterest for a recipe for German plum cake....the one I tried was very good and I pitted the plums but left the skin on. Dusted the cake with icing sugar and a scoop of ice cream on the side.....dessert heaven!

Thanks for the suggestions. Were your plums home grown or bought?

I remember my grandma made jam out of her plums. You just wash the plums, toss them whole into a big pot, and cook it down into Jam. You then stain the jam, and put into jars. Have you tried making jam?

I second the jam suggestion. I pit them and put them in the food processor. Then put 4 cups in a big pot with 7 cups of sugar. Bring to a good boil. Add one pouch of liquid Cerro and boil hard for exactly one minute. Stir and sKim the foam off the top for 5 minutes and put in sterilized jars. If you are using sweet plums you should substitute 1/2 cup of lemon juice for 1/2 cup of the processed plums. I just made some 2 days ago. It made 7 half pint jars and one pint. plums make awesome jam.

Unfortunately we don't eat much jam or jelly. Keep the ideas coming though.

You could make fruit leather with them. Also freezing them to make puddings and muffins in the winter is good. If you go to Pinterest just search plum recipes and/or freezing plums. Good luck with them !

but others might - I know I would buy some if someone made it . . . some things are hard to find these days - and pm me if you make a batch - or want to sell some whole/freshly picked.  
 
Edited by whatthewhat, 2016-08-15 09:29:14