Steamed Cranberry Pudding
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 21⁄3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1 cup berries
Rub the butter till it is soft and add the sugar gradually. Separate the eggs and add the beaten yolks to the butter and sugar. Mix and sift the baking powder and flour together and add a little flour, alternately with a part of the milk, to the dough. When all is in, add the stiffly beaten whites and the berries. Put the mixture into a buttered, one-quart mould, stand it in hot water and bring it, gradually, but steadily, to a boil. Let it boil one-half hour and put it into a cooker for five hours. Serve it with sweetened cream or [hard sauce].
Serves six or eight persons.
Ginger Pudding
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 21⁄2 cups flour
- 31⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1 cup milk
Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and the well-beaten egg. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add a little of the mixture alternately with part of the milk. When all is in, put the dough into a buttered mould, cover it, and boil it one-half hour in a large cooker-pail of water, then put it into a cooker for five hours. Serve it with [Vanilla Sauce] or [Nutmeg Sauce].
Serves six or eight persons.
St. James Pudding
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 1⁄2 cup thick, sour milk
- 12⁄3 cups flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon allspice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄2 lb. dates, stoned and cut in pieces