Boiled Bread Pudding

Original Recipe

To one quart of bread crumbs soaked soft in a cup of hot milk, add one cupful of molasses, one cupful of fruit or chopped raisins, one teaspoonful each of spices, one tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, about a cupful of flour sifted; boil or steam three hours. Serve with sweet sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 1 quart of bread crumbs soaked soft in a cup of hot milk
  • 1 cupful of molasses
  • 1 cupful of fruit or chopped raisins
  • 1 teaspoonful each of spices
  • 1 tablespoonful of butter
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda
  • 1 cupful of flour sifted
  • 3 hours

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Instructions

  1. 1

    To one quart of bread crumbs soaked soft in a cup of hot milk, add one cupful of molasses, one cupful of fruit or chopped raisins, one teaspoonful each of spices, one tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, about a cupful of flour sifted; boil or steam three hours.

  2. 2

    Serve with sweet sauce.

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