Fruit Puff Pudding

Original Recipe

Into one pint of flour stir two teaspoonfuls baking powder and a little salt; then sift and stir the mixture into milk, until very soft. Place well-greased cups in a steamer, put in each a spoonful of the above batter, then add one of berries or steamed apples, cover with another spoonful of batter and steam twenty minutes. This pudding is delicious made with strawberries and eaten with a sauce made of two eggs, half a cup butter, a cup of sugar beaten thoroughly with a cup of boiling milk and one cup of strawberries.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of flour stir two teaspoonfuls baking powder and a little salt
  • 1 steamer
  • 1 spoonful of the above batter
  • 1 of berries or steamed apples
  • 10 with a sauce made of two eggs
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup of sugar beaten thoroughly with a cup of boiling milk and one cup of strawberries

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Into one pint of flour stir two teaspoonfuls baking powder and a little salt; then sift and stir the mixture into milk, until very soft.

  2. 2

    Place well-greased cups in a steamer, put in each a spoonful of the above batter, then add one of berries or steamed apples, cover with another spoonful of batter and steam twenty minutes.

  3. 3

    This pudding is delicious made with strawberries and eaten with a sauce made of two eggs, half a cup butter, a cup of sugar beaten thoroughly with a cup of boiling milk and one cup of strawberries.

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