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Figgy Pudding

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Bread, Baked

Tags: medium difficulty, recipes for pudding, recipes using apple, recipes using bacon, recipes using baking powder, recipes using butter, recipes using egg, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using ground cinnamon, recipes using orange, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AFiggy_Pudding)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AFiggy%20Pudding&oldid=4614885

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons rum extract (or flavored extract of your choice)
  • 2 apples, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
  • 2 pounds dried figs, ground or finely chopped
  • Grated peel of 1 lemon and 1 orange
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 ½ cups dried bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 large egg whites, stiffly whipped
  • 1 strip of bacon, finely crushed (optional; New England variant)
  • 1 teaspoon of hard sauce, for drizzling

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 °F. Generously grease an oven-proof 2-quart bowl or mold; set aside.
  2. Cream together butter and shortening.
  3. Gradually add sugar, egg yolks, milk, extract, apple, figs, lemon and orange peel.
  4. Add next 6 ingredients, mixing well. Fold whipped egg whites into mixture.
  5. Pour into prepared bowl or mold, place into large shallow pan, and place on middle rack in oven.
  6. Fill the shallow pan half-full with boiling water, and slowly steam pudding in oven at 325 °F for 4 hours, replacing water as needed.