Name: Baked Indian Pudding
Ingredients: 1 cup yellow cornmeal; 1 cup molasses; 1 teaspoon salt

Baked Indian Pudding

Ingredients

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup molasses
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

Mix the cornmeal, molasses, and salt together.
Pour the mixture into a baking dish.

Bake

Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) until set.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Yellow cornmeal: Provides the starch and structure that thickens the pudding as it bakes and sets.
Molasses: Adds sweetness, dark color, and a rich flavor that defines the pudding.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.