French Bread Pudding. — Butter small thin slices of
nice hread^ spread with apple jelly ^ and lay them loosely
in a quart pudding-dish, fiUing it about half full. Pour
over them one quart of boiled custard^ and cover wdth a
meringue✪ French Bread Pudding. Brown the meringue and serve cold. Or put
the prepared bread in a buttered mould lined with maca-
roons, cover with the custard, steam one hour, and serve
hot.
Plymouth Indian Meal Pudding. {Mrs. Faunce.)
Mix one cup of yellow corn meal., one cup of molasses.,
and one teaspoonful of salt. Pour on one quart of boiling
milk^ add one tablespoonful of butter^ three pints of cold
milk., and one cup of cold water., or two eggs✪ Plymouth Indian Meal Pudding. Bake in a
deep, well-buttered pudding-dish, holding at least three
quarts. Bake very slowlj^ seven or eight hours. Do not
stir, but cover with a plate if it bake too fast. One cup
of currants may be used to give variet3\
Baked Indian Meal Pudding (made quickly).
Boil one quart of milk. Pour it gradually on three
tablespoonfuls of granulated Indian meal. Put it back
in the double boiler, and boil one hour, stirring often.
Then add one heaping tablespoonful of butter., one tea-
spoonful of salt., half a cup of molasses., two eggs^ and one
quart of cold milk. Mix well, pour into a well-buttered
dish, and bake one hour. Eat with cream or butter.
Whole- Wheat Pudding. {Miss Helen Spaulding.)
Mix two cups of whole-wheat flour., half a teaspoonful
of soda, and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add one cup of
milk., half a cup of molasses^ and one cup of stoned and
chopped raisins✪ Whole-Wheat Pudding., or one cup of ripe berries. Steam two
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hours and a half, and serve with cream or any plain
pudding sauce. One cup of dates, figs^ stewed prunes^ or
chopped apple makes a pleasing variety. This is an
economical pudding, wholesome for children and invalids
when served with cream ^ and rich enough to suit any one
when served with creamy or foamy sauce.
Steamed Fruit Pudding.
1 pint flour.
2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder."
3^ teaspoonf ul salt.
1 cup milk.
2 tablespoonfuls melted butter.
2 eggs.
% cup sugar.
1 pint berries, or ripe fruit or cut
small, or
1 cup raisins, stoned and halved✪ Steamed Fruit Pudding.
Mix the baking-powder and salt with the flour ; add the
milk and melted butter. Beat the yolks of the eggs, add
the sugar, and beat them well into the dough. Then add
the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff; and then the fruit,
well rolled in flour. Steam two hours, and serve with
lemon or foamy sauce.
Steamed Suet and Fruit Pudding.
2% cups flour.
1 teaspoonful soda.
teaspoonful salt.
3^ saltspoonf ul cinnamon.
% saltspoonful nutmeg.
1 cup chopped suet, or
% cup butter.
1 cup chopped raisins or currants.
1 cup water or milk.
1 cup molasses.
Sift the soda, salt, and spice into the flour, rub in the
butter, and add the raisins. Mix the milk with the
molasses, and stir it into the dry mixture. Steam in a
buttered pudding- mould three hours. Serve with foamy
sauce.
If water and butter be used, three cups of flour will be
required, as these thicken less than milk and suet. This
pudding is sometimes steamed in small stone cups.
Cabinet Pudding.
Butter a melon mould, and decorate it with candied
fruity or with raisins boiled till soft and seeded ; then put
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French Bread Pudding. — Butter small thin slices of
nice hread^ spread with apple jelly ^ and lay them loosely
in a quart pudding-dish, fiUing it about half full. Pour
over them one quart of boiled custard^ and cover wdth a
meringue. Brown the meringue and serve cold. Or put
the prepared bread in a buttered mould lined with maca-
roons, cover with the custard, steam one hour, and serve
hot.
Plymouth Indian Meal Pudding. {Mrs. Faunce.)
Mix one cup of yellow corn meal., one cup of molasses.,
and one teaspoonful of salt. Pour on one quart of boiling
milk^ add one tablespoonful of butter^ three pints of cold
milk., and one cup of cold water., or two eggs. Bake in a
deep, well-buttered pudding-dish, holding at least three
quarts. Bake very slowlj^ seven or eight hours. Do not
stir, but cover with a plate if it bake too fast. One cup
of currants may be used to give variet3\
Baked Indian Meal Pudding (made quickly).
Boil one quart of milk. Pour it gradually on three
tablespoonfuls of granulated Indian meal. Put it back
in the double boiler, and boil one hour, stirring often.
Then add one heaping tablespoonful of butter., one tea-
spoonful of salt., half a cup of molasses., two eggs^ and one
quart of cold milk. Mix well, pour into a well-buttered
dish, and bake one hour. Eat with cream or butter.
Whole- Wheat Pudding. {Miss Helen Spaulding.)
Mix two cups of whole-wheat flour., half a teaspoonful
of soda, and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add one cup of
milk., half a cup of molasses^ and one cup of stoned and
chopped raisins., or one cup of ripe berries. Steam two
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hours and a half, and serve with cream or any plain
pudding sauce. One cup of dates, figs^ stewed prunes^ or
chopped apple makes a pleasing variety. This is an
economical pudding, wholesome for children and invalids
when served with cream ^ and rich enough to suit any one
when served with creamy or foamy sauce.
Steamed Fruit Pudding.
1 pint flour.
2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder."
3^ teaspoonf ul salt.
1 cup milk.
2 tablespoonfuls melted butter.
2 eggs.
% cup sugar.
1 pint berries, or ripe fruit or cut
small, or
1 cup raisins, stoned and halved.
Mix the baking-powder and salt with the flour ; add the
milk and melted butter. Beat the yolks of the eggs, add
the sugar, and beat them well into the dough. Then add
the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff; and then the fruit,
well rolled in flour. Steam two hours, and serve with
lemon or foamy sauce.
Steamed Suet and Fruit Pudding.
2% cups flour.
1 teaspoonful soda.
teaspoonful salt.
3^ saltspoonf ul cinnamon.
% saltspoonful nutmeg.
1 cup chopped suet, or
% cup butter.
1 cup chopped raisins or currants.
1 cup water or milk.
1 cup molasses.
Sift the soda, salt, and spice into the flour, rub in the
butter, and add the raisins. Mix the milk with the
molasses, and stir it into the dry mixture. Steam in a
buttered pudding- mould three hours. Serve with foamy
sauce.
If water and butter be used, three cups of flour will be
required, as these thicken less than milk and suet. This
pudding is sometimes steamed in small stone cups.
Cabinet Pudding.
Butter a melon mould, and decorate it with candied
fruity or with raisins boiled till soft and seeded ; then put
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