American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Birds' Nest Pudding

Original Recipe

Core and peel eight apples, put in a dish, fill the places from which the cores have been taken with sugar and a little grated nutmeg; cover and bake. Beat the yolks of four eggs light, add two teacupfuls of flour, with three even teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with it, one pint of milk with a teaspoonful of salt; then add the whites of the eggs well beaten, pour over the apples and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve with sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 8 apples
  • 1 dish
  • 1 little grated nutmeg
  • 4 eggs light
  • 2 teacupfuls of flour
  • 3 even teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with it
  • 1 pint of milk with a teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 hour in a moderate oven

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Core and peel eight apples, put in a dish, fill the places from which the cores have been taken with sugar and a little grated nutmeg; cover and bake.

  2. 2

    Beat the yolks of four eggs light, add two teacupfuls of flour, with three even teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with it, one pint of milk with a teaspoonful of salt; then add the whites of the eggs well beaten, pour over the apples and bake one hour in a moderate oven.

  3. 3

    Serve with sauce.

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