This section is from the book "The Institute Cook Book", by Helen Cramp. Also available from Amazon: The Institute Cook Book.
Try one when you have a light dinner or supper Oatmeal Betty or Brown Pudding
2 cups cooked oatmeal 4 apples cut up small ½ cup raisins ½ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups cooked oatmeal ½ cup molasses ½ cup raisins
Mix and bake for ½ hour. Serve hot or cold. Any dried or fresh fruits, dates, or ground peanuts may be used instead of apples. Either will serve 5 people.
2 cups milk
3 eggs
¼ cup honey
1/8 teaspoon powdered cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt
Scald milk, beat eggs slightly. Add honey, milk, cinnamon and salt. Bake in custard cups set in a pan of water.
3 tablespoons fat 1 cup molasses ½ cup sweet milk 1½ cups flour ¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon nutmeg ¼ teaspoon allspice ¼ teaspoon cloves ½ pound dates
Stone and chop the dates, melt the fat, add to it the molasses and milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to liquid. Add dates last of all. Steam l½ hours.
 
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