Christmas Date Pudding with Butter Sauce

This Christmas Date Pudding with Butter Sauce will make you the hit of any Christmas get together. Steeped in tradition , this pudding will become a repeat perfomer at many holiday gatherings.

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Christmas Date Pudding will have a very coarse texture.

Indulge in the Decadent Christmas Pudding

Christmas pudding is part of a traditional English pudding. Date pudding is served at Amish Weddings. Date pudding with butter sauce is a unique Christmas desert that will become a beloved family tradition. You can serve it at the end of a Christmas dinner or later in the evening with coffee.

It is a very rich desert and can be served on it's own. Using butter is essential for the rich flavor and texture of this desert. It is not something you can make a low fat version of. If you are counting calories this holiday season , you will want to count them elsewhere , and enjoy this decadent indulgent desert.

This desert could also be served late Christmas morning in place of pastry. Again it can be a stand alone item served with juice and coffee. It can also be served at a holiday gathering , it goes wonderfully with hot rum drinks.

Cook Time

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 40 min

Ready in: 55 min

Yields: This recipe makes about 4 servings

Ingredients for Christmas Date Pudding

• 6 large eggs, separated
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 stick butter, unsalted
• 4 tbs flour, heaping
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups dates, chopped
• 2 cups walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 tsp salt, kosher

Instructions for Christmas Date Pudding

1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
2. Separate three large eggs. Put side yolks in medium glass bowl. Put aside whites in medium glass bowl.
3. Fold in sugar while you beat your egg whites. Egg whites should be stiffly beaten.
4. Beat egg yolks and add to mixture.
5. Fold in flour,baking powder, and salt.
6. Mix in chopped dates and nuts with a wooden spoon. Mix well. Pudding will have very coarse texture.
7. Spread into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Bake pudding at 325 for 40 minutes or until fork inserted in center comes out clean. Check after 30 minutes.

Nutrition for Christmas Date Pudding without Butter Sauce

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/2 cup
Calories	600
Calories from Fat	225
% Daily Value *
Fat 25 g	38%
Saturated fat 5 g	25%
Carbohydrates 95 g	32%
Fiber 6 g	24%
Protein 7 g	14%
Cholesterol 125 mg	42%
Sodium 265 mg	11%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

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Ingredients for Butter Sauce

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter unsalted
• 2 cups water boiling
• 2 tablespoons flour heaping

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Use brown sugar in the butter sauce recipe for carmelized butter sauce.

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Instructions for Butter Sauce

1. In a large bowl combine sugar and flour.
2. Cut in softened butter with fork
3. Place mixture in sauce pan
4. Add boiling water to pan.
5. Whisk in heaping four
6. Over medium heat stir mixture slowly until thickens.
7. Generally it will take 5 plus minutes to thicken
8. Do not boil.
9. Let set a couple of minutes to thicken more and then pour over pudding while hot.
10. To make this a carmelized sauce use brown sugar instead of white.

Date Pudding with a marshmellow and carmel sauce.

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Three Easy  Hoosier Holiday Fruit Breads

Three Easy Holiday Fruit Breads

Fruit breads are a nice alternative to pies and cookies at holiday gatherings. Berry breads bring back memories of warmer summer months and apricot bread is a nice alternative to the pumpkin spice breads so common this time of year.

Strawberry Bread

2 10 oz bags of frozen strawberries (thawed)

4 large eggs

1 ½ cups of canola oil

3 cups of flour

1 tsp of salt

1 tsp of baking soda

3 tsp of Cinnamon

2 Cups of Sugar

1 Cup of Chopped Pecans

2 tablespoons Of Strawberry Jam

Use a blender to mash your thawed strawberries until all the large pieces are gone. Blend in your eggs, oil, and jam on low. Pour into a large mixing bowl and with a large spoon gently mix in half a cup of flour. Set aside the other ½ cup of flour. Blend well; adding in the nuts and the last of the flour. Have two well greased loaf pans. Bake the loaves for one hour in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven. This makes to large loaves of bread.

Blueberry Quick Bread

5 cups of flour

1 ½ cups of sugar

½ Teaspoon of salt

¾ a cup of butter

2 Cups of whole milk

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

2 cups of frozen blueberries (do not thaw)

In a large bowel cut the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into the butter until the mixture looks like crumbs. Stir in your chopped nuts. In a separate small bowl slightly beat your eggs with a whisk. Then use the whisk to mix in our milk and vanilla. Now with a large wooden spoon add the contents from the small bowl into the flour mixture until the flour is moistened. Stir in your blueberries evenly distributing them throughout the batter. Spoon the mixture into a greased and floured Bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until center of the bread is firm. Let the loaf cool for 10minutes before slicing.

Apricot Almond Bread

2 ¼ cups of quick biscuit mix

1 cup of quick oats

1 cup of brown sugar

1 teaspoon of baking powder

½ teaspoon of salt

¾ cup of dried apricots

¾ cup of Almond Shavings

1 ½ cup of whole milk

1 beaten large egg

Combine all of your dry ingredients in a large bowl mixing in your fruit and nuts until they are well coated with the dry mixture. Add in your milk and beaten large egg just enough to moisten the batter. Pour the coarse batter into a 9 "x 5"x 3" loaf pan that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about an area. Middle of the bread should be slightly firm.

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