Nanas Eleanor Johnson Date Nut Pudding Recipes

AMISH COUNTRY DATE NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare an 8-inch square or 9-inch round baking pan by spraying with non-stick baking spray. Line the bottom with a fitted piece of parchment paper and spray paper.
• Put chopped dates into a mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 cup boiling water. Stir occasionally and let set until cooled. The dates will turn into a chunky puree.
• When cool, add sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, and salt. Mix well to combine. Add the flour and mix to combine. Add the nuts and stir to combine.
• Pour into prepared baking pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Let cool somewhat. Best eaten warm. Top with Pecan Praline Sauce and whipped cream.

OLD FASHIONED DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring 1 cup brown sugar and water to a boil. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and add butter; set aside. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining brown sugar. Stir in milk until smooth. add dates and walnuts., Pour hot brown sugar syrup into an 8-in. square baking dish. Spoon batter over syrup. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake topping comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream.

GRANNY'S NANA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a chilled bowl, with chilled beaters, beat the cream and confectioners' sugar together until soft peaks.
• Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, pudding mix, half-and-half, sour cream and the salt in a large bowl.
• Reserve 4 to 6 cookies for garnish and layer half of the remaining cookies among the bottom of 4 to 6 16-ounce serving dishes (or mason jars), or in a trifle bowl (or other large glass serving dish). Next, drizzle half of the caramel over the cookies, then a layer of half the bananas, then half the pudding mixture. Repeat the layers with the remaining ingredients. Top with the whipped cream and a butter cookie or cookies. Serve or chill up to overnight.

NANA'S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the molasses, butter, milk, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions. Toss candied fruit and raisins lightly with flour to prevent sinking and add to batter. Stir in brandy.
• Pour into a greased and sugared steam pudding mold and place on a rack in a large covered pot with water that comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover and steam for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water hasn't boiled out. Let cool for 5 minutes on a rack before turning out. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a sprig of holly and Hard Sauce.
• Beat all ingredients together until very well combined. Serve with pudding.

OLD FASHIONED DATE PUDDING - STICKY DATE PUDDING WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Spray a 9 x 5 inch pan (bread pan) with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• For the sauce, boil together water, brown sugar and butter for 3 minutes in a small saucepan; add vanilla and take off heat to slightly cool while putting together pudding.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt; add milk, chopped dates and vanilla. Mix together until a thick, sticky batter forms.
• Spread pudding cake mixture into prepared bread pan; pour sauce over batter.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour. If the center still looks wet after an hour, continue to cook 5 to 10 minutes until the center is set. The cake will be sticky, and the sauce layer will move to the bottom.
• Serve warm or cold, topped with the sauce from the bottom of the pan. Dollop with whipped cream if desired.

DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the dates, walnuts and sugar. In another bowl, beat egg, milk and vanilla. Add to date mixture; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to the date mixture. , Spread into a greased 1-qt. baking dish; dot with butter. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream.

GRANDMA NESTLEROAD'S DATE NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the Dough: Mix the Part 1 ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix the Part 2 ingredients in another large bowl.
• Now add the Part 2 to the Part 1 ingredients.
• Mix well.
• For the Syrup: Mix all the syrup ingredients in a non-reactive sauce pan.
• Bring the syrup to a fast boil.
• Pour the syrup into a large oven-safe dish.
• (We use a large deep Visions cookware casserole dish) Baking: Put the dough mixture into the middle of the syrup.
• Just mound it there.
• DO NOT SPREAD IT.
• Take a sheet of foil and double it up and place on the center rack.
• This is to protect from any run off or overflow.
• Place the dish into the oven on center rack on top of foil.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Remove, cover, and let cool.
• Serve in small portions with Whipped cream, it will cut the sweetness and complement the richness best.

GREAT NANA'S SECRET INGREDIENT DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans, or line with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl, and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the sugar and shortening. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Toss the walnuts and dates with the dry ingredients, and stir into the sugar mixture alternately with the hot coffee. Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

DATE-NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over dates and set aside to cool.
• Cream together sugars, egg and butter or margarine.
• Combine dry ingredients and blend into creamed batter.
• Stir in dates and nuts.
• Pour into a greased baking pan, 11"X 7"X 1 1/2".
• Top with sauce and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Serve warm or cold, topped with whipped cream, if desired.
• Sauce: Mix together until smooth and syrupy.
• Pour over batter and bake.

NANA'S (ELEANOR JOHNSON) DATE-NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix granulated sugar and 1T of butter. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Blend in with sugar mixture alternately with milk. Stir in dates, walnuts, vanilla and orange rind. Pour into buttered dish. Combine boiling water, brown sugar and 2T remaining butter in a sauce pan; heat to bubbling stage; pour over batter; bake at 350 for 45 minutes and or until top is firm.