Bettina’s Steamed Fig Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 cup suet, chopped fine
- 2/3 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup chopped figs
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/3 cup stoned raisins
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Directions
- Mix the flour, soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and suet.
- Add the figs, raisins, molasses and milk.
- Stir well.
- Add the lemon extract.
- Fill a well-buttered pudding mould two-thirds full.
- Steam an hour and a half, with the water boiling.
- Serve hot with foamy sauce.
Other Information
Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron
Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)
Category: Dessert
Ingredients: flour, molass, soda, milk, ginger, suet, cinnamon, fig, nutmeg, raisin, lemon extract
Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, stove
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