Son of a Gun in a Sack Recipe
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This recipe for Son of a Gun in a Sack, by Bernice Dilley, is from Fruit Favorites ,
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Contributor: Bernice Dilley Added: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Ingredients: 1 c. chopped suet(you can use shortening, but cut it down to 3/4 c., 1 1/2 c. flour, 1 c. milk, 1 c. sugar, 1 c. raisins(you can use dried prunes, apricots, apples, etc.), 1 tsp. each cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves, 1/2 c molasses, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 c. chopped nuts,
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Directions:First make your bag of old muslin, tube shaped, about 4 inches wide. Mix all ingredients together, place in a bag and tie end, leaving space for the pudding to rise. You can use greased cans, filled 2/3 full, crimping foil over the top. Set in your roaster with water 2/3 the way up the cans, set in a 350 º oven for 3 hours. If you use the bag, tie the end. leaving space for the pudding to expand, immerse in boiling water and boil for 3 hours. |
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Notes: "This is a delightful steamed pudding--an old, old recipe. Remember when you put it into a sack, that molds and even tin cans were few and far between, and nearly all the old steamed puddings called for a muslin sack."
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