Plum pudding (penndutch)

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupSuet, finely chopped
1cupSugar
2cupsBread crumbs, soft
1cupFlour
2Egg, well beaten
1cupMilk
¼cupOrange juice
1teaspoonCloves
2teaspoonsCinnamon
1teaspoonMace
½teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonSoda
1cupRaisins
1cupCurrants
½cupNuts, chopped
¼cupOrange rind, finely chopped
¼cupLemon rind, finely chopped

Directions

Mix the suet, sugar and bread crumbs together. Add eggs and beat. Sift together all the dry ingredients. Combine the raisins, currants, nuts and fruit peel and sprinkle with ½ cup of the sifted dry ingredients. Add oraange juice to suet mixture; then add the milk and rest of dry ingredients alternately. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the fruits. Fill greased pudding molds about ½ full; cover tightly and steam for 3 hours. Serve with any desired pudding sauce.

Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.