New England Corn Pudding

By Caryl

Ingredients

• 4 cups milk (If adding apples, decrease the amount of milk to 2 cups)
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 3/4 cup dark molasses
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups thinly sliced apples (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat oven to 325°F.

2 In the top of a double boiler over direct heat, heat the milk to boiling.

3 Stir in the corn meal.

4 Place the milk/corn meal mixture over boiling water.

5 Cook them for about 15 minutes.

6 Stir in molasses and cook for about 5 minutes.

7 Remove from heat.

8 Stir in the butter, salt, ginger, sugar, egg, raisins, cinnamon and apples (if you are using them).

9 Pour the batter into a well-greased baking dish.

10 Bake the pudding from 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

11 Pudding is usually served warm (or hot) with Hard Sauce.

12 Its a New England custom to serve Indian Pudding with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream on the top.