Best 12 Apple Prune And Peach Christmas Pudding Recipes

PRUNE PUDDING

Steps:

• Place prunes in a medium-size saucepan, pour in 2 cups hot water and let stand for 1 hour. Transfer saucepan to the stove and bring prunes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes until soft.
• Drain prunes, reserving the liquid, and roughly chop. Add more hot water to the reserved prune water so it totals 2 cups. Place prunes and prune water back in the saucepan and add the sugar, powdered cinnamon and cinnamon stick. Stir to combine and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a slurry by mixing the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water. Add the slurry to the prune mixture and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to thicken mixture. Remove the cinnamon stick and ladle the pudding into ramekins. Let cool, then chill in the refrigerator. Serve cold.

APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Toss apples with flour, sugar and salt and place in a 9x9 inch baking dish. Pour enough milk into dish to come almost to the top of the apples, but not cover them.
• Bake in preheated oven 45 minutes, until apples are tender.

APPLE PEACH COBBLER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Transfer to a greased shallow 2-qt. baking dish., For topping, in a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk just until blended. Drop by spoonfuls over peach mixture., Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream.

APPLE AND CARROT CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a separate small bowl. Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in a separate large bowl; stir in the flour mixture. Add the carrot mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture to a lightly-greased, 2-quart mold.
• Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set the filled mold on top of the steamer rack. Pour enough water into the bottom of the pot to cover the bottom 2/3 of the mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain the water level. Remove from water and allow to cool 10 minutes before turning out of mold onto a plate.

TENNESSEE PEACH PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and, if desired, cinnamon. Stir in milk just until combined; fold in peaches. Spread into a greased 8-in. square baking dish., For topping, combine water, sugars, butter and nutmeg in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugars are dissolved. Pour over peach mixture. Bake until filling is bubbly and a toothpick inserted in topping comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Serve warm or cold with ice cream, if desired.

PRUNE, APPLE, AND CHESTNUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• For bread mixture:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place bread on large rimmed baking sheet. Bake until almost firm, about 7 minutes. Cool on sheet. Whisk remaining ingredients in large bowl to blend. Stir in bread. Cover and chill until bread absorbs custard, at least 3 hours.
• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sauté bacon in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until fat renders, about 7 minutes. Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat into small bowl. Add onions to bacon and fat in skillet and sauté until soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add apples, chestnuts, celery root, and thyme. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté 5 minutes to blend flavors. Add Sherry. Boil until juices thicken to syrup consistency, about 2 minutes. Add broth and bring to boil. Place skillet in oven and bake uncovered until apples and celery root are tender, about 20 minutes. Mix in whole prunes and 2 tablespoons of reserved bacon fat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Bread mixture and filling can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep bread mixture refrigerated. Cover filling and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Spread filling in 3 1/2-quart ovenproof casserole or 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Spoon bread mixture evenly over, covering completely. Bake pudding until puffed, golden brown, and firm to touch in center, about 45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

GRANDMA DAVIDSON'S BAKED APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, mix the first five ingredients. Add milk; stir just until blended. Fold in apples. Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. deep baking dish. Dot with butter., Pour boiling water over top. Bake, uncovered, 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with ice cream.

PEACH PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter 9x13 baking pan.
• In a large saucepan, mix the cornstarch, brown sugar and peaches. Cook and stir until thick.
• Add 1 tablespoon butter and lemon juce.
• Spread in buttered baking pan.
• In a large mixing bowl combine granulated sugar, flour and baking powder.
• In another bowl, beat eggs lightly with butter, milk and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients and stir to mix.
• Spread over peach mixture.
• Bake 30 minutes.

PEACH PRINCESS PUDDING

Steps:

• Pour milk over bread cubes.
• Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar, salt and nutmeg; add lemon rind, juice and melted butter.
• Pour mixture over bread and milk.
• Mix and pour into well-greased 9-x9-x2-inch baking dish.
• Place dish in a pan of hot water.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
• Add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff.
• Remove pudding from oven and spread meringue on top.
• Place peach halves over meringue, closse to rim.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes to brown meringue.
• Serve warm.
• Makes 6 servings.

PEACH PUDDING

Steps:

• In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in hot milk; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat cold milk and pudding mix on low speed for 2 minutes. Add gelatin mixture; mix well. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Spoon into individual dishes. Garnish with peaches and whipped topping if desired.

AUNT CAROLINE'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the suet and 1 cup brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the carrot, potato, egg, salt and vanilla. Mix in enough buttermilk to make a loose batter. Sift 1/2 cup of flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg into a separate bowl. Stir into the carrot mixture just until blended. Fold in the raisins, currants, cherries and mixed fruit.
• Grease the inside of two wide mouth pint jars. Divide the mixture evenly between the two jars filling about 3/4 full. Cover with lids, but only screw the rings on enough so they don't fall off. The cake will need to expand while cooking. Place a rack or trivet in the bottom of a large pot to keep the jars off of the bottom. Fill the pot with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the jars. Cover the pot with a lid and bring the water to a boil.
• Steam the pudding for 3 hours. Carefully remove the jars and adjust the lids and screw on the rings. Allow to cool to room temperature. The lids should snap down to seal as they cool. Allow the pudding to age for a few weeks before serving.
• Before serving, make the sauce: In a small saucepan, stir together 1/2 cup brown sugar, salt and 1 tablespoon of flour until there are no lumps. Stir in the water and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Serve the pudding warm, or slice and fry in butter before spooning the sauce over the top.

APPLE-PRUNE CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Place onion, raisins, prunes, ginger, vinegar, sugar, cumin, salt, and 2 cups water in a low-sided, 6-quart saucepan. Set over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce to heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 40 minutes.
• Add the apples and 1 1/2 cups water. Cook, stirring frequently, until apples are soft and translucent and liquid has been absorbed, about 50 minutes. Remove pan from heat.
• Transfer to a large bowl set over an ice bath to chill, and store in airtight container, refrigerated, up to 4 weeks.