Southern Pudding (Excellent)

Ingredients

• 3 tbls. corn starch
• 5 eggs
• 6 tbls. sugar
• 1 qt. milk
• Pinch salt
• Canned peaches or preferred fruit

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks of eggs light, add sugar and beat again until very light.

2. 2

   Mix corn starch with a little cold milk and stir into 1 qt. scalded milk.

3. 3

   Add salt and stir until it thickens.

4. 4

   Pour into pudding dish, place in oven, let remain until it will bear icing.

5. 5

   Place over top, layer of canned peaches or preferred fruit.

6. 6

   (It improves to mix the syrup of fruit with custard.) Beat white of eggs to stiff froth with 2 tbls. of sugar to each egg.

7. 7

   Spread on custard, brown evenly in oven.

8. 8

   This is a very delicate pudding.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 96. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOUTHERN PUDDING (Excellent.) 3 tbls. corn starch. 5 eggs. 6 tbls. sugar. 1 qt. milk. Canned peaches or preferred Pinch salt, fruit. Beat yolks of eggs light, add sugar and beat again until very light. Mix corn starch with a little cold milk and stir into 1 qt. scalded milk. Add salt and stir until it thickens. Pour into pudding dish, place in oven, let remain until it will bear icing. Place over top, layer of canned peaches or preferred fruit

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