Stewed Prunes
Ingredients
Directions
Look over and wash the prunes.
Soak the prunes in cool water overnight.
In the morning, place the prunes in a granite stew-pan and cover them with cool water.
Cook gently on the back part of the stove for 3 to 4 hours until tender.
Add sugar if desired.
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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