Baked Apple Pudding
From Manual for army cooks, 1896
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This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
2 teaspoonfuls salt. 6 quarts sweet milk. 1 pound sugar. Enough nutmeg and cinnamon to flavor. Cover the rice with a portion of the milk and soak it two hours; then add the remainder of the milk, and stir into this the sugar, salt, and spices. Put into a well-greased baking dish and bake from two to two and one-half hours in a slow oven. Serve hot or cold. MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS. 181 BAKED CRACKER PUDDING. 1 quart powdered cracker. 16 eggs, whites and yolks 7 pints sweet milk. separated, whites beaten i pound melted butter. to a stiff froth. Put powdered cracker into a deep dish. Heat the milk slightly and pour over the cracker and soak for ten or fifteen minutes ; then stir in the beaten yolks and melted butter. Finally stir in quickly the beaten whites, and put the mixture at once into a well-greased baking dish, and bake in a moderate oven from three-quarters of an hour to one hour. Top should be nicely trimmed. Hard bread may be substituted for crackers. BAKED BREAD PUDDING. 1 quart bread crumbs, dry. 3 tablespoonfuls melted butter. 2 quarts sweet milk. 3 tablespoonfuls sugar. 6 to 8 eggs, whites beaten to a stiff froth. Grated nutmeg enough to flavor. Put crumbs into a deep dish. Heat milk to boil- ing and pour it over the crumbs. Soak until crumbs become soft. Add incorporated yolks and sugar, then the melted butter and nutmeg ; finally stir in quickly the beaten whites. Put mixture at once into a well-greased baking dish, and bake to a brown. Time of baking, one hour to one hour and a half. Eat hot or cold. BAKED BREAD-AND-FRUIT PUDDING. li pints bread crumbs, dry. 2 quarts sw^eet milk. 3 tablespoonfuls melted butter. Flavor with nutmeg. 6 to 8 eggs, whites beaten to a stiff froth. 1 lb. raisins, picked, seeded, chopped, and dredged with flour. Mix ingredients as prescribed for Baked Bread Pudding, and put the dredged fruit in last. 182 MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS. A little longer time will be required to bake this than baked bread pndding, owing to the presence of the fruit. BAKED APPLE PUDDING. Apples pared, cored, and sliced. ^ teaspoonful salt. Sugar, butter, and cinnamon. 1 quart sifted flour
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