Unusually Yummy Easy Chef's Pudding!

Submitted by rainboconfection

"This so-simple pudding turns out as a master chef's creation using brown sugar,butter, milk and fruit of choice to create dumplings dropped into brown sugar syrup and baked 1/2 hour. It appears complicated, but is so easy with ingredients everyone seems to have. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 3-4 Dumplings
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 cups hot water
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup fruit, well drained and diced

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Have an ungreased 9x13 baking pan ready.
3. If using canned or juicy fruit, drain thoroughly. Set aside.
4. Microwave 1 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed and 2 cups hot water.
5. Pour in baking pan.
6. Microwave 4 tbsp butter and 2 cups hot water till butter is melted.
7. Stir into mix in baking pan and SET ASIDE.
8. In medium mixing bowl, using light fingers, combine 1 tbsp and 2 tsp butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar.
9. Using fingers, work 1/2 cup flour into butter mix. Then using spoon, stir in 1/4 cup milk.
10. Stir in 1/2 cup flour until well blended then 1/4 cup milk and 1 1/2 tbsp milk.
11. Add the last 1/2 cup flour, all baking powder, salt and finally the fruit of choice.
12. Drop by tablespoonfuls into syrup in baking pan. Bake 35 - to 45 minutes until well browned (check dumpling bottoms in center of pan before removing).
13. CAREFUL - THE SYRUP IS VERY THIN WHILE HOT AND SPILLS EASILY!
14. SERVE warm or cold. Cream, milk or ice cream lovely addition.

15. FRUITS I have used - all finely diced: Small can of or 1 cup of fresh:

16. pineapple chunks,.
17. mandarin oranges.
18. peaches.
19. plums.
20. nectarines.
21. raisins.
22. dates.
23. MAY ADD 1/3c CHOPPED NUTS TO DUMPLINGS AS WELL.
24. FROM kitchen of: Mrs C Carpenter, Pres of Homemaker's Club, MacArthur, W. VA.