Mrs. Ben Post’s Hasty Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 3 cups water (for the syrup)
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (for the syrup)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (for the syrup)

Steps

1. Cream the butter and sugar; add the baking powder, milk and flour.
2. Boil 3 cups water with 1 1/2 cups brown sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and pour it into a shallow pan.
3. Drop the dough by spoonfuls into the syrup.
4. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees so it glazes and browns, then reduce the oven to 350 degrees and bake 15 minutes longer.

Notes

Newspaper clipping pasted on Rosie Lee’s “Pudding” index card, along with several other pudding and dessert clippings on both sides; both sides of the card are shown below.

From Mrs. Ben Post, West Point, Ill.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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