MOM'S CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING

Mom's Christmas Plum Pudding image

I love this dessert so much that now my mother makes one for dessert on Christmas and a separate one for me to take home. This pudding is very rich and small servings go a very long way. It's delicious for weeks afterward in the refrigerator. Cut a slice, add brandy sauce, microwave, and indulge while your New Year's resolution is looking the other way!

Provided by DiesOutHere

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English

Time 4h30m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 16

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Ingredients

2 (15 ounce) cans purple plums - drained, pitted, and chopped
16 ounces gingersnaps, crushed
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups white sugar
¾ cup milk
¾ cup melted butter
3 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ cups white sugar
⅓ cup half-and-half
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons brandy
3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Steps:

Generously grease a 12-cup steamed pudding mold and its lid.
Stir together plums, crushed gingersnaps, flour, sugar, milk, butter, eggs, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg for the pudding. Pour into the prepared pudding mold and cover with the lid. Place the mold on a rack in a deep, 8-quart pot. Add boiling water to halfway up the side of the mold, making sure water does not touch the lid.
Cover the pot and simmer for 3 hours 45 minutes, adding more boiling water, if necessary. Remove the pudding mold from the pot and cool on a wire rack until pudding pulls away from the side of the mold, about 30 minutes.
While pudding is cooling, combine sugar, half-and-half, butter, brandy, and corn syrup in a small, heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until butter melts, and sugar dissolves, 3 to 5 minutes.
Invert pudding onto a platter and serve immediately alongside warm brandy sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 493.3 calories, Carbohydrate 84 g, Cholesterol 62.1 mg, Fat 15.4 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 530.5 mg, Sugar 44.8 g