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Christmas pudding

An easy Christmas pudding recipe to give your children a traditional celebration. Serve hot, cut into slices with butterscotch, nutmeg, or hard sauce.

Ingredients

2 cups flour (all purpose flour)
1⁄3 cup sugar
1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1⁄4 teaspoon ginger
1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (ground or freshly grated)
1⁄4 teaspoon clove (ground)
1 cup suet (grated)
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raisins
1⁄3 cup molasses

Instructions

Sift together the flour, sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Stir in suet, buttermilk or sour milk, raisins, and molasses. Mix until dry ingredients are moistened.

Turn into well-greased 2-quart mold or casserole. Cover with tight cover or aluminum foil. Place on rack in large steamer or kettle. Add boiling water to height of 2 inches in steamer, cover. Steam 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until pudding springs back when touched lightly in center.

Yield
12 servings
Cooking time
150
Preparation time
45
Total time
3 hours, 15 minutes

Notes

If desired, Christmas Pudding may be baked in a 300° F oven. Place a pan of water in oven. Cover pudding and bake 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.