New England Cracker Pudding |
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 165 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Serve this pudding with hard sauce or maple sauce. From the New England chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Ingredients:
18 saltine crackers |
5 tablespoons butter |
1 1/2 cups raisins |
4 cups milk, hot |
3 eggs |
3 egg yolks |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 cup maple sugar (or faux maple sugar or brown sugar) |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg |
1 cup cream |
Directions:
1. Spread saltines with butter.
2. Barely cover the raisins with boiling water and cook until plump; drain.
3. Arrange alternately a layer of crackers and a layer of raisins in a greased baking dish.
4. Pour hot milk over the top and let stand for half an hour.
5. Beat eggs and egg yolks well; add salt, sugar, spices and cream.
6. Combine with the first mixture in the baking dish and bake at 325F for 2 hours.
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