Steamed Fig Pudding

Ingredients

• 2^/2 c flour
• i t soda
• i t ginger
• i t cinnamon
• i t nutmeg
• i c molasses
• i c sweet milk
• i c chopped suet
• i c chopped figs
• i c stoned raisins

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour with soda, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Add molasses, sweet milk, chopped suet, figs, and raisins.

3. 3

   Steam in moulds for 2 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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