Steamed Strawberries

Ingredients

• Butter, 4 ounces.
• Flour, 2 ounces.
• Sugar, 1 ounce.
• Strawberries, ½ cup.
• Soda, 1/10 teaspoon.

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar and gradually work in flour till very smooth.

2. 2

   Stir in the strawberries, which should be cooked with sugar till thick, and lastly add soda.

3. 3

   Steam in a buttered mold for 4 hours.

4. 4

   Serve with foamy or strawberry sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

strawberries. 1 cup. Mix and beat all well together and serve ice cold on the hot pudding. APPLE DUMPLINGS. Make a rich biscuit dough, roll thin and cut in squares. In the centre of each square place a medium sized apple, peeled and cored ; fill cavity with sugar, cinnamon and a few raisins, bring dough up around apple to cover, making a round ball, and bake in a moder- ate oven 30 to 45 minutes or until apples are soft. Serve with nutmeg sauce or cream and sugar. D. C., Salem, RUSSIAN PUDDING. Prunes, 1 pound. Egg whites, 3. Sugar, 1 small cup. Cracker crumbs, y2 cup. Soak the prunes for 12 hours. Then boil till very tender with just enough water to cover, pour off water and put prunes through a coarse sieve, add sugar, cracker crumbs and egg whites, beaten stiff. Turn into buttered baking dish and bake for 20 minutes in quick oven. Serve hot or cold with plain or whipped cream. ROLLED OATS PUDDING. Rolled oats, 1 cup. Egg, 1. Sugar, 1/2 CUP- Milk' * quart. Molasses. % cup Cinnamon, V2 teaspoon. Salt. Mix all thoroughly, beating the egg, pour into buttered baking dish and bake iy2 hours in a slow oven. Serve with whipped cream. M. L. P., Framingham. DESSERTS. 99 NEW ENGLAND CRACKER PUDDING. (An Old Recipe) Milk, 2 quarts. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Soda Crackers, 8. Salt, y2 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1 cup. Clove, 14 teaspoon. Molasses, 1/2 cup. Nutmeg, *4 teaspoon. Raisins, !/2 pound. Scald the milk, with the crackers rolled fine. When cool add the eggs, well beaten, and the other ingredients in the order given, chopping the raisins before adding. Bake five hours in a slow oven. C. E. L., Newburyport. STEAMED STRAWBERRIES. Butter, 4 ounces. Flour. 2 ounces. Sugar, 1 ounce. Strawberries, !/•> cup. Soda, 1/0 teaspoon.

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