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Prune Plum Filling or Plum Butter

Made as an ingredient in the Copycat recipe for Publix grocery stores' Breakfast Bread
Course Breads
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups prunes, pitted
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Combine first 4 ingredients in medium saucepan and bring to a boil for a minute.
  • Reduce heat to low to simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  • Remove lid and let simmer 3-5 minutes to let liquid evaporate until only 3 tablespoons of liquid remain. Remove from heat.
  • Add brown sugar and stir to dissolve.
  • Blend mixture in food processor until smooth.
  • Let cool.

Notes

For the Publix Breakfast Bread recipe, I freeze individual packages of the plum filling; each one has 2 tablespoons of plum filling wrapped in cellophane.
Keyword plum butter, plum filling