Steamed Cherry Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted cherries
• 2 heaping cups flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• ^ cup water

Method

1. 1

   Mix the powder in the flour dry, make a hollow in the middle, throw in a little salt, pour in the water and mix up as soft as it can be handled.

2. 2

   Work the dough on the table slightly by pressing in flat with the hands and doubling over.

3. 3

   Lay a bottom crust of it in a tin pudding pan that holds a quart; spread half the fitted cherries on it, lay another crust on them, then the remainder of the cherries and a third sheet of dough on top.

4. 4

   Set in a steamer and steam from 30 to 45 minutes and serve while hot and light, with sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Steamed Cherry Pudding. 1 cup pitted cherries. 2 heaping cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. ^ cup water

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