Steamed Cranberry Pudding
One Christmas, my husband—a Navy chaplain for 20 years—had to spend the holiday overseas, away from our two children and me. He asked that I send him this recipe so he could have a taste of home.
Steamed Cranberry Pudding has been in my file for more than 30 years. It was passed on by a fellow teacher who was retiring. Her family had long enjoyed it, using their own homemade sorghum molasses as a special ingredient.
Chuck and I now live in a log home in a wooded area. We're visited regularly by armadillos, raccoons, wild pigs, deer, bobcats and other creatures. We enjoy watching them—but they make it difficult to establish a compost pile!
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my grandmother made this exact recipe every year all through my childhood and ourf amily will not have thanksgiving or christmas without this pudding! We now have at least a fifth generation hooked on it. We do substitute half and half for the heavy cream and some prefer the light molassis and some prefer sorgum in place of the molassis . i have been steaming mine in an electric rice steamer with great results. I will admit i have cut back on the sugar too with no complaints, but i havent told anyone i did that! we mix the pudding and then stir in the cranberries last so they don't get too chopped up. we cut the fresh cranberries in half or lightly chop with a hand chopper.
Outstanding!!!!!! You have to try it. Also try this: 1 Cup Sugar, 1 Cup Heavy Cream and 1 stick of real butter. Heat stiring pour warm over pudding. Yum!
This is very close to what I have had since I was about 8 years old every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm now 64 and still love it. The recipe was handed down from my Aunts Mother in Law who was from the east coast of Canada. They came to the States over 100 years ago. My Family loves this recipe. I have made cookbooks for my boys and of course this recipe is in it.