Mrs. Hooper’s Wash Day Pudding
Mix all in the dish it is to be baked in.
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp butter
1 cup flour
A little salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup raisins or chopped dates
Mix together and pour overtop batter. Do not stir/mix the two layers.
1 tbsp butter
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
Nutmeg
2 cups boiling water
Bake for 30 minutes.
Mrs. Kelloway’s Wash Day Pudding
Mix to a stiff batter, in bowl/pan that you are going to bake it in. Do not grease pan.
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup raisins or dates
Milk (as needed to form stiff batter)
Mix together and pour overtop batter. Do not stir/mix the two layers.
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp butter
2-1/2 cups boiling water
Bake in oven.
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Of course, no oven temperatures, as they’d be wood-fired ovens/stoves!