PUDDINGS
The proof of the pudding is the eating.
This fine, easy to make. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in a little water, add 1 pint of boiling water and cook 5 minutes, remove from fire, add the beaten whites of 2 eggs and beat until smooth add a little salt, sugar and vanilla.
1¹⁄₂ pints of milk, 3 tablespoons of melted chocolate or cocoa, boil the milk and chocolate thoroughly, remove from the stove and when nearly cold add yolks of 3 eggs, 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, 1 cup of sugar, set in the oven until set and spread over meringue made of the whites of 3 eggs and 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Mash several bananas to a pulp, add the juice of 1 lemon and gelatine, when quite cold add whites of 3 eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Lay 2 whole bananas in the bottom of the dish and slices of bananas around sides, then fill up with the mixture and serve with whipped cream.
Blanch 3 ounces of almonds and pound to a paste, mix with a little cream add the beaten yolk of 4 eggs, 1 cup of sugar. Have a pint of cream hot add the mixture to this and stir thoroughly. Put into cups or a baking dish, bake slowly in the oven in a pan of hot water. Serve with whipped cream with a few brown almonds in the cream.
Take ¹⁄₃ cup of rice, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 1 quart of milk, butter the size of a walnut, a little nutmeg, 2 eggs may be added if desired. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven.
Sweeten and stew 1lbof prunes, when cold add the whites of 4 eggs, beaten stiff. Stir all these together until light, put in a pudding dish and bake 20 minutes, when cold cover with whipped cream and serve.
6 bananas, ¹⁄₂ can of pineapple or a fresh one, ¹⁄₂lb.of grapes (seeded) 2 oranges, sweeten to suit the taste. Prepare gelatine as for fruit jelly, then put in a dish or mould a layer of chopped fruit of ¹⁄₂ inch thick while you require 1 inch of the gelatine jelly. When cold slice and serve with whipped cream with little bits of citron through the cream.
Soak 3 tablespoons of tapioca in a little water overnight, in the morning add 3 cups of sweet milk and a pinch of salt. When hot add the beaten yolks of 3 eggs to which ²⁄₃ cup of sugar has been added. When it thickens up, remove from the stove. Beat whites of eggs and put on the top with 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Soak 1 cup of tapioca in a quart of tepid water at least 3hrs. Fill a pudding dish two thirds full of tart apples, add 1 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, pour over the tapioca, bake 1hr. and serve with whipped cream.
2 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, ¹⁄₄ cup of butter, ¹⁄₄ cup of milk, 1 teaspoon baking powder, flour to make a thin batter. Stir in 1 cup of stoned dates, fill muffin cups half full, steam 30 minutes. Serve with liquid sauce.
1 cup of molasses, 1 cup of milk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of soda, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 cup of seeded raisins, 2 cups of sifted graham flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt. Steam 2hrsand serve with sauce.
SAUCE:—¹⁄₂ cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1 cup of boiling water over it and flavor to taste with lemon juice.
1qtof milk, 2 cups of grated bread crumbs, 4 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, butter the size of an egg and 1 cup of white sugar, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon. Heat the milk and pour it over the grated bread crumbs, add the butter, cover and let the mixture get soft and add to the mixture with the grated rinds of 2 lemons. Bake in a buttered dish for ¹⁄₂ or ³⁄₄ of an hour, when a light brown, take out and when cold spread a glass of currant jelly over the top and spread the whites of eggs with 1 tablespoon of sugar over the top.
1 cup of suet chopped very fine, 1 cup of light brown sugar, ¹⁄₂ cup molasses, ¹⁄₂ cup sour milk, 3 unbeaten eggs, 2 cups of stale bread crumbs, 1 cup of flour, 1 level teaspoon soda, ¹⁄₄ cup of cold water, 1 cup of raisins, 1 cup of currants, ¹⁄₂ cup of citron, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon nutmeg, mace cloves and allspice. Thoroughly mix these ingredients and pour into a buttered mould and steam 7 hours or put inlbbaking powder tins and steam 3hrs.
1qtof milk, 1 cup of Indian meal stirred in while the milk is hot. Let it cool and add 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of molasses, butter ¹⁄₂ size of an egg. Cinnamon and salt to taste, bake ³⁄₄ of an hour.
Boil 1qtof milk, then beat the yolks of 3 eggs with 3 tablespoons of cornstarch and a little milk, stir into the boiling milk, let it boil up at once, sweeten and flavor to taste and turn in a pudding dish.
Make a crust as for baking powder biscuit, peel and core your apples, cut the dough in square pieces and put 1 apple for each dumpling. Put them in a baking dish and place in the oven, then make a syrup with water and sugar, 1 cup of sugar to a pint of water and pour into the pan, baste with syrup while they are cooking, when done eat with sweet cream.
¹⁄₂ cup of milk, ¹⁄₂ cup of chopped meat, ¹⁄₂ cup of molasses, 2 cups of fruit and nuts chopped together, 1 cup of flour, pinch of salt, 1 small teaspoon of soda dissolved in warm water, steam 3 hours. Any sort of fruit and nuts may be used.
6 ounces of fine bread crumbs, 2 ounces each of lemon, orange and citron peel cut into fine shreds, ¹⁄₂ ounce of mixed spices (cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg) ¹⁄₄lbof chopped apples, ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of minced lemon rind, ¹⁄₂lbof chopped and seeded raisins, ³⁄₄lbof currents, 1lbof flour, 1lbof finely shredded suet. Mix the ingredients thoroughly then add 6 eggs and a little milk if needed. This should make a stiff batter. Boil in a pudding basin or mould 5 or 6 hours.
Cream together 1¹⁄₂ cups of sugar and ¹⁄₄ cup of butter, add 1 beaten egg, ²⁄₃ of a cup milk, 2¹⁄₂ cups of flour, sifted with 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in a buttered tin for 30 to 40 minutes. 1 cup of stoned cherries or berries may be added to this recipe.
1lbof marshmallows cut with scissors into small pieces. 1 pineapple sliced and cut up. Put the two together in layers in a glass dish with sprinkling of sugar the night before and place in cold pantry or ice chest to ripen when ready to serve heap with whipped cream, maraschino cherries added is an improvement.
Pare 3 oranges, cut in thin slices, ¹⁄₂ coffee cup of sugar, boil ¹⁄₂ pint milk add the yolk of 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, (make smooth with cold milk). Stir all the time when it thickens pour over the fruit with the whites of the eggs beaten stiff with 1 tablespoon powdered sugar over the top. Put it in oven until a light brown and serve cold.
2 tablespoons of gelatine, ¹⁄₄ cup cold water, ³⁄₄ cup of sugar, 1qtof cream, 2 tablespoons vanilla. Soak the gelatine in cold water then dissolve entirely by setting the cup in boiling water, whip the cream add sugar, dissolved gelatine and vanilla, line a mould with lady fingers or sponge cake and pour in the mixture. Put in a cool place to set before serving.
Cover the bottom of a pudding dish with 12 broken macaroons. Make the following custard and pour over them. Scald 1 pint of milk in double boiler, add 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk, yolks of 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Cook until thick. Beat the eggs whites stiff with powdered sugar and vanilla to taste put on top and slightly brown it over.
Place 1 cup of sweetened raspberry juice where it will boil, then stir into it 2 rounding tablespoons of cornstarch, wet in 2 tablespoons of cold water. Add 1 cup of sugar and stir until it looks transparent, then add 1 level tablespoon of butter and juice of ¹⁄₂ lemon. Fold in the stiffly beatenwhites of 3 eggs. Turn mixture into a fancy mould and set in a place where it is cold, when serving place on a cold dish with whole berries in center, serve with whipped cream or plain sweet cream.
To 1 cup sweet milk cream whipped stiff, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup raspberry, juice of 1 lemon. Put in a pail, then pack in ice and salt allowing it to stand 4 hours. I use the juice from my preserves. This is delicious and easy to make.
For a pint of milk take 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 large tablespoon of butter, mix the sugar and butter together then add the eggs and milk. Add enough flour to make a stiff batter with ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt then pour this over about ¹⁄₂ dozen apples sliced up in a baking dish. Bake it about an hour and serve with a melted sauce.
Half a lemon grated rind and juice ¹⁄₂ cup of orange juice, ¹⁄₃ cup of sugar, yolk of 2 eggs. Mix well over fire until it thickens, then add 1 teaspoon of granulated gelatine which has been soaked in water, beat whites of 2 eggs stiff, add to above and set the mixture in cold water beating until thick enough to hold its shape. Turn in mould and chill.
Heat 1qtof milk to the boiling point, stir in dry five tablespoons of farina and continue to stir it until quite thick, add 1 cup of sugar and ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of salt. Flavor with vanilla serve with sweetened cream, flavored with nutmeg or vanilla.
Soak 1 cup of tapioca in cold water for 2 or 3hrs, then set on the stove until it cools clear, then add sugar to taste with a teaspoon of cinnamon. Peel and slice ripe peaches to nearly fill a baking dish sprinkle over with sugar. Then pour over the tapioca and bake slowly for about an hour. To be eaten with sweetened cream.