Plum Pudding

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups coarse soft breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup cut-up citron

Recipe

• 1 put the bread crumbs in a mixing bowl and pour the milk over them.
• 2 blend in the oil and the molasses.
• 3 stir in remaining dry ingredients and then the raisins and citron.
• 4 pour into a 1-qt.
• 5 mold or heat resistant bowl that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
• 6 place the mold on a rack in a larger pan (e. g. a large stockpot or dutch oven) and put a couple of inches of water in the bottom of the larger pan.
• 7 bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to keep the water just simmering; steam the pudding for 3 hours, checking occasionally to be sure water hasn't boiled away.
• 8 remove from mold and serve hot.
• 9 traditionally, plum pudding is served with hard sauce, but my mother always used a sweet sauce.
• 10 if you want to try it this way, it is made the same way as a regular sauce, with the following ingredients: 2 tbsp.
• 11 butter or margarine, 2 c.
• 12 milk, 2 tbsp.
• 13 cornstarch, 1/2 c.
• 14 sugar and 1/4 tsp.
• 15 vanilla (or for a very interesting flavor, almond extract).
• 16 this sauce thickens quite fast as it cools, so it needs to be served right away.
• 17 if you want a thicker sauce, add a tablespoon each of butter and cornstarch.