Ingredients
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1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/4 cup sugar
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
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1/4 teaspoon ground mace
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2 tablespoons cold water
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2 lbs purple plums or 2 lbs red plums, halved and pitted (about 5 cups)
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3/4 cup sugar
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2 tablespoons flour
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Prepare pastry: Cut margarine into flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, lemon peel and mace until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Mix egg and water; stir into flour mixture.
- Gather pastry into a ball; knead just until smooth, 5 or 6 times.
- Press evenly on bottom and side of ungreased round layer pan, 9x1 1/2 inches.
- Place plum halves cut sides down and overlapping slightly in pastry-lined pan.
- Mix sugar, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle over plums.
- Sprinkle with almonds.
- Bake in 375 degree oven until pastry is golden brown and plums are bubbly, 35-40 minutes.