The Butterick Cook Book

The pattern company's cookbook, 1911 — thirty-two chapters from appetizers to the fireless cooker.

Puddings and Pudding Sauces

45 recipes in this part of The Butterick Cook Book.

Chapter XXI-Puddings and Pudding Sauces

R ICE PUDDING, No. 1-This is the old-fashioned, creamy pudding, than which there is none better. One quart of milk; three-fourths cup of…

Bread Pudding, Baked

One pint of stale bread; one quart of milk; three tablespoons of sugar; two eggs; one teaspoon of salt. Place the bread in the milk and…

Brown Betty

Arrange alternate layers of bread crumbs and thinly sliced apples in a pudding dish, sprinkle sugar, a little cinnamon or other spices and…

Custard, Boiled

One pint of milk; three eggs (yolks); onehalf teaspoon of salt; two tablespoons of sugar. Beat the yolks well, and add to them one-half cup…

Custard, Baked

Take the same ingredients as for boiled custard. Scald the milk, and pour over the beaten eggs, sugar and salt, pour into a pudding dish or…

Chocolate Cornstarch

One pint of milk; one tablespoon of cornstarch; two tablespoons of sugar; two eggs (yolks); one-fourth teaspoon salt; one teaspoon vanilla…

Suet Pudding

The following recipe makes a pudding large enough for ten persons; one-half will usually be sufficient for one dessert. The portion left…

Graham Pudding

One cup of graham flour; one cup of wheat flour: one cup of molasses; one cup of sweet milk; one egg; one teaspoon of soda; one cup of…

Indian Pudding, Baked

One cup of Indian meal; onehalf cup of raisins; one quart of milk; one-half teaspoon of cinnamon; one cup of molasses; one-half teaspoon of…

Indian Pudding, Boiled

One pint of molasses; one pint of milk; one pound of suet; four eggs; one teaspoon of cinnamon; one-half teaspoon of nutmeg; one teaspoon…

English Plum Pudding

This recipe makes one large, or several small puddings: One pound of finely chopped suet; one pound of stoned and halved raisins; one pound…

Steamed Peach Pudding

To be successful with this kind of pudding the cook must see that the water is boiling violently when the pudding is placed over it, and…

Cherry Pudding

Take two eggs; one cup of milk; one and one-half cups of flour; one tablespoon of melted butter; onehalf teaspoon of salt; one teaspoon of…

Apple Roly-Poly

One pint of flour; one teaspoon of baking powder; one teaspoon of salt; milk; one tablespoon of lard or butter; one teacup of sugar; two…

Baked Apple Dumplings

Roll a short pie crust thin and cut into squares just large enough to cover an apple. Choose apples of uniform size, pare, core and fill…

Apple Charlotte

Butter a mold and line it with onequarter-inch slices of stale bread, dipped into butter. The slices should fit closely together and may…

Strawberry Shortcake

Make a suitable quantity of baking powder biscuit dough; and instead of cutting it into biscuits, quickly roll it out about one-half inch…

Peach Shortcake, Sweet

Three eggs; one cup of sugar; two cups of flour; one tablespoon of butter; one teaspoon of baking powder. Rub the butter and sugar together…

Orange and Macaroon Pudding

Soak one-third of a pound of almond macaroons in a pint of milk until soft. Beat four eggs without separating and add to them one-half cup…

Strawberry Pudding

Beat together to a cream two tablespoons of butter, a half cup of sugar and one egg. Then add quarter of a cup of milk, a scant cup of…

Cocoanut Pudding

One-half cup of cocoanut; one-half cup of bread crumbs; one pint of milk; one egg; one tablespoon of butter; two tablespoons of sugar…

Cottage Pudding

Take one cup of milk; two eggs; one tablespoon of butter; one cup of sugar; three teaspoons of baking powder; flour to thicken, about one…

Apple Tapioca

One-half pint of pearl tapioca. Cover with one and one-half pints of cold water and soak for half an hour. Cook in double boiler until…

Farina Pudding

Take one quart of milk; three eggs; one lemon (one-half the juice and all the rind); one cup of sugar; four tablespoons of farina; one…

Date Pudding

Chop very fine one pound of stoned dates and six ounces of beef suet; mix the latter with twelve ounces of grated bread crumbs; then add…

Minute Pudding

One quart of milk; one pint of flour; one teaspoon of salt; one teaspoon of butter; two eggs. Beat the eggs well, and add the flour and…

Queen of Puddings

One pint of bread crumbs; a quart of milk; yolks of two eggs; grated rind of one lemon and butter the size of an egg. Sweeten to taste and…

Spice Pudding

One pint of bread crumbs; one pint of milk; one egg; one cup of raisins; one teaspoon of cinnamon; one-half teaspoon of cloves; one-half…

Ard Sauce

Have in readiness a warm but not hot bowl, and in it place a teacup of powdered sugar, one-fourth of a cup of butter, a teaspoon of vanilla…

Wine Sauce

Take one cup of butter; two cups of powdered sugar; eight tablespoons of sherry; a grating of nutmeg. Beat the butter until creamy, and…

Brandy Sauce

Two tablespoons of butter; four tablespoons of brandy; four tablespoons of boiling water; one egg (white); one-half cup of powdered sugar…

Foamy Sauce

Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, melt one teacup of sugar in three tablespoons of water, let it boil till it thickens, stir…

Caramel Sauce

Place a cup of sugar and a tablespoon of water in a pan, and stir until the resulting syrup is of a clear brown tint, but not so dark as…

Berry Sauce

The small fruits, such as raspberries, blackberries or strawberries, make most satisfactory sauce for puddings. One pint of berries; one…

Hot Maple Sauce

Add a very little water to a pound of maple sugar and boil until it reaches the "thread" stage. Add a half cup of English walnut meats…

Maple Cream Sauce

Take several spoons of maple cream which now comes in jars and reduce to a pouring consistency by adding cream. Serve with blanc mange…

Hot Chocolate Sauce

One-half cup each of sugar and water. Let boil in a saucepan for five minutes. Allow this syrup to cool partially and then stir in…

Plum Pudding Sauce

Cream one quarter of a cup of butter and one cup powdered sugar. To this add two tablespoons of brandy and the well beaten yolks of two…

Sabyon Sauce

Mix one quarter of a cup of sherry, the grated rind and juice of half a lemon and one-half cup sugar, beating constantly. Add beaten yolks…

Molasses Sauce

Boil one cup of molasses with one and one-half tablespoons of butter for about five minutes. Remove from the fire and stir in slowly one…

Boiled Custard Sauce

Use recipe for Boiled Custard (See Puddings) and thin with a little rich milk or cream.

Vanilla Sauce

Three tablespoons of sugar; three tablespoons of milk; one egg; vanilla to taste. Beat the white of the egg stiff, add the sugar, mix well…

Whipped Cream and Its Uses

Cream to whip nicely must be perfectly sweet. If it is not, the beating will develop tiny particles of butter. The cream must not be too…

Orange Sauce

Cream five tablespoons of butter and a cup of granulated sugar. Put these into a saucepan and pour over them one-half cup of boiling water…

Claret Sauce

Boil one cup sugar with one-half gill of water. for eight minutes. Cool till you are able to taste it, then add two gills of claret. Serve…

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