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    Home » Recipes » Amish Side Dishes

    Amish Date Pudding

    Published: Jun 2, 2014 · Updated: Jan 6, 2015 by Kevin Williams | 5 Comments

    AMISH DATE PUDDING

    Amish Date Pudding: This is a recipe I've posted before but it's worth posting again. And again. Especially as the warm days of summer begin to unfold.  Date pudding is a summer treat in many Amish settlements.  It's an enduring Amish food mystery for me because dates (middle eastern) have not no real roots or cultural culinary commonality (say that fast 3 times!) with the Amish.  But this dish turns up again and again at Amish events.  I don't care if you like dates or not or don't know whether you like dates, you'll like this pudding.  It is so cool and refreshing, I think the homemade brown sugar sauce just knocks it out of the park.  This isn't the best photo in the world,but I caught some being served at an Amish benefit supper last year and got this photo.  YUM!  I'm not even sure where they buy dates.  I assume you can get them at most supermarkets, but I can't stay that I've seen them or gone specifically looking for them.

     

    Amish Date Pudding

    Amish Date Pudding is a delicious confection any time of year, but especially summer.

     

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    Amish Date Pudding
     
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    Ingredients
    • HOMEMADE DATE PUDDING
    • 1 c. chopped dates
    • 1 c. boiling water
    • 1½ c. flour
    • 1 c. chopped nuts
    • ½ c. brown sugar
    • 1½ c. white sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 2 tsp. baking soda
    • 2 tbsp. butter
    • ½ tsp. salt
    • BROWN SUGAR SAUCE:
    • 1½ c. brown sugar, 1½ c. boiling water,1 tbsp. butter
    Instructions
    1. Cream butter, sugar, and egg together.
    2. Put dates, soda, and boiling water together; let set until cool and mix everything together.
    3. Pour in greased 9×13 pan and pour brown sugar sauce over top.
    4. Bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees.
    5. Cool, cut into chunks, mix with Cool Whip.
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    1. GLORIA JOHNSON

      June 02, 2014 at 12:33 pm

      I think this recipe sounds wonderful and I will give it a try. Thanks Kevin!

      Reply
    2. Carolyn T.

      June 02, 2014 at 1:01 pm

      I've had my grandmother's date pudding recipe for years but have never made it. Think maybe I'd better try it after seeing your photo.

      Reply
    3. Bonnie

      July 06, 2015 at 7:57 pm

      I'm just assuming the flour and salt get in the "cream" mixture? There's no mention of them..

      Reply
    4. Sally

      November 20, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      Ours is a little different. No egg. More butter and it goes with the brown sugar liquid. Actually, the cake part is just flour, baking powder, sugar, dates pecans, and milk...like a quick fruit pie. Pour the brown sugar liquid over. the cake part navigates to the top. Whipped cream for this, not Cool Whip! Yum. My brother and I loved this growing up.

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      • Kevin

        November 22, 2017 at 8:28 am

        Yum, sounds good, thanks for sharing, Sally, and welcome to Amish365! Date pudding is an amazing dessert, the Amish seem to gravitate towards it during the summer months more....very refreshing!

        Reply

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