Pumpkin-date pudding

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupBrown sugar
½cupShortening
2Eggs; separated
cupAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonBaking powder
1teaspoonGround cinnamon
1teaspoonNutmeg
1teaspoonGround ginger
1can(16 oz) pumpkin -or-
cupFresh pumpkin; cooked and mashed
¼cupEvaporated milk
1cupChopped dates
½cupChopped nuts

Directions

Cream brown sugar and shortening. Add egg yolks, beating well. Mix flour, salt, butter, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger together and beat in alternately with pumpkin and milk. Fold in dates and nuts. Beat egg whites until they hold stiff peaks and gently fold into batter. Put mixture into a well-oiled or buttered 6-cup mold or souffle dish. Place a small trivet in a crock pot large enough for the souffle dish, and add about ½ to ¾-inch of water to the crock pot. If you don't have a trivet, make uniform balls or a "ring" from aluminum foil, just thick enough to keep the souffle dish out of the water. Cut a round of wax paper to fit the top of the souffle dish and lightly grease it so batter will not stick as it rises, then wrap well with aluminum foil. Put in crock pot and cook on low 4 to 5 hours.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 408 by James and Susan Kirkland <kirkland@...> on Dec 27, 1997