A Good Plain Sauce

Original Recipe

A good sauce to go with plain fruit puddings is made by mixing one cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of best molasses, half a cupful of butter, one large teaspoonful of flour; add the juice and grated rind of one lemon, half a nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonful of cloves and cinnamon. When these are all stirred together, add a teacupful of boiling water; stir it constantly, put into a saucepan and let it boil until clear; then strain.

Ingredients

grocery
  • 1 good sauce to go with plain fruit puddings is made by mixing one cupful of brown sugar
  • 1 cupful of best molasses
  • 1 cupful of butter
  • 1 large teaspoonful of flour
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 nutmeg grated
  • 1 teaspoonful of cloves and cinnamon
  • 1 teacupful of boiling water
  • 1 saucepan and let it boil until clear

Shop Ingredients

Shop on Instacart

Prices and availability vary by location. We may earn a commission from purchases.

Required Gear

skillet
Saucepan

* We may earn a commission from these links.

receipt_long

Instructions

  1. 1

    A good sauce to go with plain fruit puddings is made by mixing one cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of best molasses, half a cupful of butter, one large teaspoonful of flour; add the juice and grated rind of one lemon, half a nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonful of cloves and cinnamon.

  2. 2

    When these are all stirred together, add a teacupful of boiling water; stir it constantly, put into a saucepan and let it boil until clear; then strain.

Sources & Citations

Sources included so you can explore further.

Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)