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
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.
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.