Best Old Fashioned Indian Pudding Recipes

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OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING



Old Fashioned New England Indian Pudding image

This Indian Pudding is adapted from An Olde Concord Christmas, a book from the Concord Museum in Concord Massachusetts. It's often made around Thanksgiving and Christmas here in New England, but I say it's good anytime!

Provided by Lindas Busy Kitchen

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h25m

Yield 8-10

Number Of Ingredients 12

6 cups milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup molasses
3 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup golden raisin (optional)
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • Scald the milk and butter in a large double boiler. Or heat the milk and butter for 5-6 minutes on high heat in the microwave, until it is boiling, then transfer it to a pot on the stove. Keep hot on medium heat.
  • Preheat oven to 250.
  • In a separate bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, and salt; stir in molasses. Thin the mixture with about 1/2 cup of scalded milk, a few tablespoons at a time, then gradually add the mixture back to the large pot of scalded milk. Cook, stirring until thickened.
  • Temper the eggs by slowly adding a half cup of the hot milk cornmeal mixture to the beaten eggs, whisking constantly.
  • Add the egg mixture back in with the hot milk cornmeal mixture, stir to combine.
  • Stir in the sugar and spices, until smooth. At this point, if the mixture is clumpy, you can run it through a blender to smooth it out.
  • Stir in the raisins (optional).
  • Pour into a 2 1/2 quart shallow casserole dish.
  • Bake for 2 hours at 250.
  • Allow the pudding to cool about an hour to be at its best. It should be reheated to warm temperature if it has been chilled. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

OLD-FASHIONED INDIAN PUDDING



Old-Fashioned Indian Pudding image

Provided by James Beard

Categories     Milk/Cream     Dairy     Ginger     Dessert     Bake     Cornmeal     Fall     Molasses     Double Boiler     House & Garden     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 quart scalded milk
1/3 cup yellow corn meal
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup molasses
1 good teaspoon ginger

Steps:

  • Put the scalded milk and corn meal in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add the salt and cook, stirring frequently for about 20 minutes. Mix with the molasses and ginger and pour into a buttered 2-quart soufflè dish or baking dish. Bake in a 300°F. oven for about 2 hours. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

OLD FASHIONED INDIAN PUDDING



Old Fashioned Indian Pudding image

This recipe dates from my great great grandmother Addie Hobbs Frye, who was born in 1863. She grew up in Maine. This recipe is at least as old as she was and may be older. I like it because it is a simpler, less gussied up verzion of Indian Pudding. It tastes great too. I use mild molasses (Grandma's) and no one in my family has every used the stronger variety. I don't know how that would work.

Provided by joan.keith

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 tablespoons cornmeal (heaping)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup molasses
2 tablespoons butter
4 cups milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Heat milk and butter in saucepan or microwave till warm.
  • While milk is warming mix cornmeal, sugar, molasses and salt together in a baking pan until the mixture is smooth and well-mixed.
  • When milk is warm enough that the butter begins to melt (the original recipe says to scald it but I don't get it that hot) add the warm milk to the molasses mixture. Do it slowly, stirring after each addition until incorporated. Once all the milk is added put in oven.
  • Stir every 20 minutes or so. The cornmeal will initially lump or settle to the bottom of the pan. Mix it together and get rid of the lumps. The mixture will cook down and get thicker. When it is thick, brown and grainy looking it is done. This takes between 1 - 2 hours depending on whether you are using whole milk or milk with less fat.
  • Remove from oven. Let cool a bit and serve with iced cream or whipped cream.

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