Steamed Fruit Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 pint flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder
• 3/4 teaspoonful salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pint berries, or ripe fruit or cut small, or 1 cup raisins, stoned and halved

Method

1. 1

   Mix the baking powder and salt with the flour; add the milk and melted butter.

2. 2

   Beat the yolks of the eggs, add the sugar, and beat them well into the dough.

3. 3

   Then add the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff; and then the fruit, well rolled in flour.

4. 4

   Steam two hours, and serve with lemon or foamy sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 200. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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

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