Steamed Cranberry Pudding

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh cranberries or 2 1/2 cups frozen cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
• 2 beat in eggs and molasses.
• 3 combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture and mix well.
• 4 fold in the cranberries.
• 5 pour into a well greased and floured 6 cup heatproof mold.
• 6 cover tightly with double layer of foil.
• 7 place on a rack in a deep kettle.
• 8 fill kettle with boiling water to a depth of 1in. ; cover kettle and boil gently.
• 9 replace water as needed.
• 10 steam about 3 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 11 let pudding cool 30 minutes before slicing.
• 12 for hard sauce, combine sugar, butter and cream in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until smooth.
• 13 remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
• 14 serve pudding and sauce warm.