Walnut Pudding

1/2 cupful sugar
2 cupfuls flour
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
1/2 teaspoonful salt
2 eggs
1 cupful milk
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
1 cupful chopped English walnutmeats
For Sauce
1 cupful sugar
1/2 cupful water
3 yolks eggs
2 cupfuls whipped cream
1/2 teaspoonful lemon extract

Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together, add eggs well beaten, vanilla extract, milk, Crisco, and nuts. Mix well and divide into 9 greased individual molds, cover with greased papers, and steam steadily for three-quarters of an hour. Turn out and serve.

For sauce. Boil sugar and water till syrup spins a thread, pour over beaten yolks of eggs, and stir quickly. Set aside to cool, stir occasionally, add lemon extract and just before serving mix in whipped cream.

Sufficient for nine individual puddings.