Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 sour apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 3 gills boiling water
Preparation:
Mix together one cup flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt; into this rub one tablespoonful of butter. Beat one egg, and stir into it half a cup of milk; add this to the flour, etc. Pare and slice two sour apples, and press into the dough. Bake about one-half hour. The beauty of this pudding is that you are always sure of success. This recipe makes enough for a family of four.
SAUCE.--One cup of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, three gills of boiling water; boil three minutes; flavor to taste.
MISS KITTIE M. SMITH.
Recipes 1894 Style |Puddings 1894 Style
Adapted from Recipes Tried and True, compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church, Marion, Ohio, 1894, a source in the public domain.
The recipes in this collection are representative of cooking in America in the late 19th century, and the compilation of a cookbook shows the ways in which women were beginning to organize and act both within their traditional roles and outside of traditional expectations. The recipes are presented exactly as written in 1894, and may not conform to current nutritional or food preparation standards. Try at your own risk.
