Stewed Prunes
"I have eaten prunes this way as long as I can remember in my family. My grandmother made stewed prunes this way, my mother did, and I do too. Simple and delicious and taste so nice. Enjoy on their own, or on your breakfast cereal, or with ice cream, or mixed with other fruit."
photo by MrsScribbles
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
4-6 cups
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 500 g dried prunes
- 3 cups hot water
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup white sugar
directions
- Combine all the ingredients into a medium saucepan. Cover. Bring to the boil, give a stir or 2 and then turn the heat down and simmer covered for 15 minutes. At the end of the 15 minute cooking time turn the heat off and leave on the stove for 10 minutes. Pour into a dish large enough to contain the contents of the saucepan. Cool. When cool, cover (so nothing in the fridge falls into or spills into the dish), and put in the fridge. Eat!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I live in Australia at the beach. Married to Alfred, Daughter Libby married to Simon, 2 beautiful grandchildren, Liam and Baylee.
Love going for walks, reading, recipes (of course), vegetable gardening, being at home, cooking, the simple things of life.
I want to be more skilled in the kitchen and just enjoy having wonderful smells coming out my kitchen.
I do the games for our Ladies Meetings at Church. And I oversee purchases in the Church kitchen.
