Thanksgiving Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• three cups shredded wheat biscuit crumbs
• one cup entire wheat flour
• half cup butter
• two cups chopped raisins
• two cups chopped apples
• half teaspoon salt
• one teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg (mixed)
• three-quarters cup molasses
• three-quarters teaspoon soda
• one pint sweet milk
• one teaspoon baking powder
• three eggs

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter to a cream, add biscuit crumbs, flour, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Mix in flavorings, salt, and fruit.

3. 3

   Stir soda and molasses together and mix into the batter.

4. 4

   Beat eggs, mix with milk, and stir into pudding.

5. 5

   Pour into a well-buttered mold, cover, and steam for four hours.

6. 6

   Serve with hard sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

THANKSGIVING PLUM PUDDING. Three cups shredded wheat biscuit crumbs, one cup entire wheat flour, half cup butter, two cups chopped raisins, two cups chopped apples, half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon cin- namon and nutmeg (mixed), three-quarters cup molasses, three-quarters teaspoon soda, one pint sweet milk, one tea- spoon baking powder, three eggs

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