Steamed Cranberry Pudding

Name: Steamed Cranberry Pudding
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 145 min
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients: 2 cups cranberries, halved; u2028u00bc cup dark molasses; u2028u2153 cup hot wateru2028; 2 teaspoons baking sodau2028; 1u00bd cups flour; u20281 egg, beaten; 1 cup sugaru2028; u00bd cup butter; u2028u00bd cup creamu2028; whiskey, to taste

By Leslie Blythe Dessert Steaming

December 20, 2022

Every Christmas eve my wonderful late mother-in-law made this Cranberry Steamed Pudding. Most old-fashioned steamed puddings have suet in them, which always put me off as a child and now as an adult. This particular pudding recipe has no fat in it at all. It's served with whiskey hard sauce, which is dramatically flamed in a dark dining room!

Prep: 25 mins
Cook: 2 hrs
Yields: 12 Servings

Ingredients

2 cups cranberries, halved

 ¼ cup dark molasses

 ⅓ cup hot water 

2 teaspoons baking soda 

1½ cups flour

 1 egg, beaten

Whiskey Sauce

1 cup sugar 

½ cup butter

 ½ cup cream 

whiskey, to taste

Directions

1Mix together all ingredients. Place in a greased mold with a lid (if it does not have a lid, cover it with foil and tie it with string or a rubber band.)

2Place hot water in a dutch oven ½ way up the sides of the mold. Steam for 1½ - 2 hours. May be prepared several days in advance or frozen. To freeze, turn out of pan and wrap in foil. Reheat before serving by steaming for 30 – 40 minutes. Serve with whiskey sauce.

Whiskey Sauce

1Mix and simmer until well blended. Pour over individual slices for pudding.

2When you serve the pudding you can bring it out on a platter and flame it by pouring some whiskey on it.

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