Steamed Cranberry Pudding with Homemade Vanilla Sauce

This steamed cranberry pudding is a great dessert for the holidays and tastes wonderful with homemade a vanilla sauce.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 471 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ½ cup hot water
• ½ cup light molasses
• ½ cup light cream
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 2 teaspoons good vanilla extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Grease a 2-quart metal pudding mold well or a clean 1-pound coffee can. Pick over whole cranberries; wash and drain.

Step 2

Sift flour into a bowl and dredge cranberries in flour mixture.

Step 3

Dissolve baking soda in hot water; stir in molasses and allow to foam up. Add to the flour and cranberry mixture and stir until well blended. Spoon into the prepared mold; cover with a double layer of aluminum foil and fasten with heavy elastic band or string.

Step 4

Place into a deep saucepan and fill with water up to about the halfway mark on the mold. Cover the saucepan and place over high heat; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until pudding is firm and a toothpick inserted into the pudding comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the water and allow to cool.

Step 5

Invert pudding onto a pie plate and carefully remove from the mold before it cools.

Step 6

While the pudding is cooling, combine sugar, butter, cream, and vanilla in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce has thickened, making sure it doesn't boil over, about 5 minutes. Serve warm sauce over the pudding.