Lots of Rum!

During our spring cleaning I found a beautiful bottle of Jamaican Appleton Rum from our last trip to Jamaica.  I also found the October 2008 Martha mag that had this recipe for Roasted Plums and Rum Raisins so I thought I would give it a try.  If you love simple and delicious, this easy 5 ingredient recipe will not let you down!

Ingredients for Roasted Plums and Rum Raisins

Serves 6 to 8

• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 6 to 8 black plums, peeled, halved, and pitted
• 1/4 cup light-brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup creme fraiche (or substitute whipped cream or ice cream)
• 1 package German-style waffle cookies

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Soak raisins in rum until plump, at least 10 minutes.
2. Place plum halves, cut side up, on a rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle each with sugar and cinnamon, and top with raisins and rum. Roast until golden and bubbling, 15 to 18 minutes.
3. Divide among bowls, and top with creme fraiche. ( I ate mine with Haagen Daz Vanilla ) Serve with cookies. 

So easy and delectable!  The only TIP I have though is that the raisins get almost burnt so I replaced mine with the leftover soaking ones. 

I now have a new favorite BBQ season dessert!  These turned out so delicious and I even saved a bunch of the raisins and rum and mixed it with ice cream for a real old school favorite, Rum Raisin ice cream.  I adore rum raisin anything!  Tomorrow night I am going to bust out the rum again and try my hand at Bananas Foster!