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For Sauce (Tablespoonfuls sugar)

4 tablespoonfuls sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1/2 cupful Crisco 2 tablespoonfuls sherry 4 tablespoonfuls blanched and chopped almonds For pudding. Beat eggs, add crumbs, salt, Crisco, sugar, and pineapple cut into small dice. Turn into Criscoed pudding dish and bake in moderate oven until firm. Serve hot or cold with sauce.

For sauce. Beat Crisco with sugar to a cream, add salt, sherry, and almonds. Mrs. Vaughn's Plum Pudding 1/2 lb. brown sugar 3 eggs 1/4 lb. breadcrumbs 1/2 lb. browned flour 1/2 lb. Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful salt 1/2 teaspoonful powdered cloves 1/2 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger 1/2 teaspoonful grated nutmeg 1/4 teaspoonful powdered mace 1/2 cupful New Orleans molasses 1/2 cupful brandy (or grape juice) 1/4 cupful lemon juice 1/2 lb. seeded raisins 1/2 lb. sultana raisins 1 lb. currants 1 lb. crystallized fruits, consisting of pineapple, cherries, figs, orange peel, and citron Chop crystallized fruits, add raisins and currants, then pour brandy (or grape juice) over them and let stand several hours. Cream Crisco and sugar, add eggs well beaten together, and all other ingredients. Divide into greased mold (small Crisco cans will do) filling two-thirds full and steam steadily for three hours. Turn out while hot and serve with hard sauce. Sufficient for two medium-sized puddings or one very large one.

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