Apple Suet Pudding

Submitted by Colorado Lauralee

"This is an old recipe that was always made for the Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners by my Grandmother Elsner or Great-Grandmother Putnam. They made either a vinegar sauce or lemon sauce to spoon over the pudding."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup white sugar or 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped suet
• 2 cups diced apples
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 2 cups seedless raisins, plumped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda

directions

1. Gradually add sugar to beaten eggs.
2. Add suet, raisins, apples, vanilla and flour (sifted with salt and soda).
3. Note: This should read 1 cup white sugar or 1 cup brown sugar.
4. Steam 3 hours.
5. To Steam: Place pudding in well oiled 1 1/2 quart mold, fill 2/3 full. Cover with lid of mold or 2 thicknesses of waxed paper securly tied. Cook in a covered steamer, over boiling water or on a rack in a covered kettle of boiling water. The water should be half the depth of the mold. Add more boiling water as needed.
6. This was served with either a lemon sauce or a vinegar sauce.
7. ENJOY!