Best 9 Moms Thanksgiving Carrot Pudding Recipes

CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine carrots, potatoes, sugar, raisins, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, all spice, and ground cloves. Transfer mixture to a clean 1 pound coffee can. Secure wax paper over the top and place the filled can in a large pot with 2 to 3 inches of water. Cover the pot and bring the water to a simmer.
• Steam the cake for 2 hours. Serve warm.
• Buttery sauce: In a medium-size pot, combine butter or margarine, cream, sugar, and vanilla. Heat until the mixture is liquid. Spoon mixture over the warm carrot pudding to serve.

OLD FASHIONED CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. The mixture will be dry. Stir in the carrots, raisins and chopped walnuts. Pour into a well-greased pudding mold or coffee can. Cover the top with aluminum foil.
• Place the pudding mold into a large kettle or Dutch oven filled with 2 inches of water. Cover the pan, and bring to a simmer. Allow the pudding to steam for 4 to 4 1/2 hours over low heat. Remove from the mold. Serve with warm lemon sauce.
• To make the lemon sauce, mix together 3/4 cup of sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Stir in hot water, butter, lemon juice and vanilla. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Serve warm over the pudding.

MOM'S CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine raisins, currants, fruit and almonds.
• Sift together flour, soda, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg over fruit. Stir to coat fruit.
• Cream shortening until smooth, add sugar and beat until light. Add egg and beat until fluffy. Add carrot and 1/2 the potato, blend. Gradually add flour fruit mixture and blend. Add remaining potato. Stir just to blend.
• Mom usually times this by 4 and can in quarts. Only fill quarts 3/4 full. Place lids on it and place in canner. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• To reheat, unseal jar and place in microwave covered with plastic wrap till hot, stir occasionally.

MOM'S THANKSGIVING CARROT MOLD

Steps:

• Cream shortening and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl.
• Add the egg and orange juice.
• Sift in flour.
• Add all other ingredients and mix.
• Place mixture into greased, 4 cup, ring shaped mold.
• Chill at least 5 hours before baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour.

MOM'S CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING

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.

STEAMED CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in the carrots, potatoes, raisins, dates and nuts. , Pour into a well-greased 6-cup pudding mold or metal gelatin mold. Cover with foil. Place on a rack in a stockpot. Add 1 in. of boiling water to stockpot; cover and boil gently for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, replacing water as needed. Let stand for 5 minutes before unmolding., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter, vanilla and nutmeg. Serve with warm pudding.

MOM'S THANKSGIVING BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 2-quart casserole or baking dish.
• Spread bread slices with butter, then use a sharp knife to cut each slice into 4 squares.
• Arrange 1/2 of the bread squares in the bottom of the prepared casserole. Sprinkle with raisins and 1/2 of the cinnamon. Cover with remaining bread and cinnamon.
• Heat milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat just until a film forms over the top, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and add sugar; stir until dissolved.
• Pour some of the hot milk into the beaten eggs, whisking quickly to avoid scrambling the eggs. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and whisk until smooth and thoroughly combined. Stir in vanilla and pour mixture over the bread.
• Set the casserole in a pan and fill with 1 inch hot water. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Serve warm.

MOM'S CHRISTMAS CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• Put everything for the pudding in a big bowl and mix it up so it is combined.
• Place batter in greased molds and carefully cover with tinfoil.
• You do not want any water falling over into the batter or it will be ruined.
• Put molds in a pot big enough to fit leaving a little room around the edges to pour the water into the pot.
• Fill the pot with water halfway up the side of the molds.
• Cover with lid and steam for 2 to 3 hours.
• Check to make sure the pot doesn't run dry.
• The pudding is done when it has a cake-like look to it.
• You may have to steam for a longer period of time.
• It is best to make this a few days ahead of time and cool it in a pantry or fridge so that the flavors may blend.
• Sauce: Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice.
• Add water.
• Cook until thickens and clear looking.
• Add vinegar and stir.
• Make this the day you are going to serve.

CARROT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Trim carrots and scrape them all over. Cut carrots crosswise into 1/4-inch rounds. There should be about 4 cups.
• Put carrots in saucepan and add water to cover. Bring to the boil and cook 5 minutes. Drain.
• Put carrot rounds into container of a food processor or electric blender and blend thoroughly. Add scallions and blend a second time. There should be about 3 cups. Put the mixture in a mixing bowl.
• Beat the eggs with the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add this to the carrot mixture and beat to blend.
• Generously butter the inside of a 4-cup baking dish (a souffle dish is recommended). Pour the mixture into the baking dish. Dot the top with two teaspoons butter. Place in the oven and bake 25 minutes.