I'm bringing back my raisin pudding for Flashback Friday. It is sometimes known as poor man's pudding but if you spoon it into nice goblets with a dollop of whipping cream and a sprinkle of almonds on top it looks fancy enough for company!
I changed up a few things when I made it this time, I decreased the amount of raisins and added some grated apple. I also increased the buttermilk. I found that with a little increase of the buttermilk the dough was easier to spoon into the baking dish.
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 medium sized apple, peeled and grated
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly in texture.
- Stir in raisins and apple.
- Gradually add buttermilk stirring lightly with fork just until blended.
- Spoon batter into a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, the batter will be fairly thick.
- Whisk together sauce and pour slowly over batter.
- Sauce:
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 3/4 cups boiling water
- Bake in a preheated oven at 375º for 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool in baking dish for 15 minutes before serving. This allows the sauce to thicken up a bit.
- Best served warm.
- Serves: 6
