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 is a delicious confection any time of year, but especially summer.
- 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
- Cream butter, sugar, and egg together.
- Put dates, soda, and boiling water together; let set until cool and mix everything together.
- Pour in greased 9×13 pan and pour brown sugar sauce over top.
- Bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Cool, cut into chunks, mix with Cool Whip.
I think this recipe sounds wonderful and I will give it a try. Thanks Kevin!
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.
I'm just assuming the flour and salt get in the "cream" mixture? There's no mention of them..
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.
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!