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2 cup suet (ground)
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup rolled bread crumbs
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup dark molasses
1 cup sugar
1 lb. dates, chopped
1 lb. figs or more dates
1 lb. Eng. (English) Walnuts
nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice
1 teasp. (teaspoon) vanilla
2 t. (teaspoon) baking powder
maybe more suet and less flour
steam 3 hours
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4 oz. Royal Pie mix
4 oz. P sugar (powdered sugar)
4 oz. whole milk
1 lb. Bake whip
flavor to taste
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Original Recipe
| Housewife’s Recipe | Baker’s Formula | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | finely chopped suet | 1 1/2 lbs. |
| 1/2 cup | molasses | 1 pt. |
| 1/2 cup | brown sugar | 12 oz. |
| 3 1/2 cups | flour | 3 lbs. 6 oz. |
| 1 teaspoon | cinnamon | 1/3 oz. |
| 1/2 teaspoon | nutmeg | 1/6 oz. |
| 1/2 teaspoon | cloves | 1/6 oz. |
| 2 teaspoons | baking soda | 1 1/3 oz. |
| 1 cup | sour milk | 1 qt. |
| 1 | lemon, rind and juice | 4 |
| 1 lb. | seedless raisins | 4 lbs. |
| 1/2 lb. | figs | 2 lbs. |
| 1/2 lb. | pitted dates | 2 lbs. |
| 1/2 cup | flour | 8 oz. |
Mix together suet, molasses and brown sugar. Sift together flour, cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves. Add baking soda to sour milk. Add the milk and flour alternately to suet mixture. Add the rind and juice of lemon. Chop or grind together raisins, figs and dates. Mix with 8 oz. flour. Add fruits to batter. Pour into well greased pudding molds. Cover tightly. Steam 2 1/2 hours on a rack over boiling water. Cool. Wrap with aluminum foil and seal. Freeze. May be sold frozen and suggest steaming at home for 1 1/4 hours. To be sold as gifts, wrap in muslin or several thicknesses of cheesecloth. Tie at the top with string. Coat with melted paraffin. Cool. Trim with ribbon and greens. Puddings wax sealed this way keep indefinitely.
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