Apple Date Nut Pudding Food

THE BEST APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Slice peeled apples into a greased 8x8 baking dish; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Cream shortening, sugar and egg together; then add milk alternately with dry ingredients.
• Add vanilla.
• Spread over apples.
• Combine all sauce ingredients and boil for 5 minutes.
• Pour over batter and bake 35- 45 minutes at 350.

DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the dates, walnuts and sugar. In another bowl, beat egg, milk and vanilla. Add to date mixture; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to the date mixture. , Spread into a greased 1-qt. baking dish; dot with butter. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream.

OLD FASHIONED DATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring 1 cup brown sugar and water to a boil. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and add butter; set aside. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining brown sugar. Stir in milk until smooth. add dates and walnuts., Pour hot brown sugar syrup into an 8-in. square baking dish. Spoon batter over syrup. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake topping comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream.

APPLE-DATE NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 9 x 13 baking pan
• Cream sugar and shortening.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
• Sift dry ingrediants together three times.
• Add alternately with apples, dates, and nuts to sugar mixture.
• Press into prepared pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or till tests done when a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Can be served warm or cold. Can be topped with ice cream or whipped topping, if desired.

APPLE-DATE-NUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• In a saucepan, combine apples, sugar, lemon juice and water and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes, or until apples are tender.
• Add dates and simmer, uncovered, stirring and mashing dates, for 3-5 minutes, or until dates are soft and mixture is almost smooth and let puree cool.
• In a bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, salt, flour, walnuts and cinnamon and blend well.
• Press half of flour mixture evenly into prepared pan.
• Spread puree over, and crumble remaining flour mixture over puree, pressing lightly to form an even layer.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until golden.
• Let cool completely.
• Cut into 36 bars.

DATE-NUT APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine dates and raisins. Add 1 tablespoon flour and toss to coat; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the baking soda, salt and remaining flour; add to creamed mixture alternately with boiling water. Stir in the apple, walnuts and reserved date mixture., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

DATE & NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Beat egg, add melted shortening, molasses and baking soda which has been dissolved in water. Combine sifted dry ingredients, dates and walnuts. Pour in wet ingredients. Fill greased mold, cover tightly, and steam 1 1/2 hours. Serve hot. (Can be served with your favorite sauce).

HOT APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix first seven ingredients together in a casserole dish.
• For the sauce:
• In a small bowl mix the brown sugar, butter, and boiling water together.
• The boiling water should be enough to melt the butter.
• Pour sauce over apple mixture and bake uncovered for 40 minutes at 375°F.

APPLE-NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix beaten egg and brown sugar thoroughly and add flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Add chopped nuts and apples.
• Bake in greased shallow baking dish and 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve with whipped cream or lemon sauce.

STICKY DATE NUT PUDDING DESSERT WITH CARAMEL OR TOFFEE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix boiling water, baking soda and butter together and pour over dates. Let cool slightly.
• In a separate bowl mix cake batter: sugar, egg, vanilla, flour and chopped nuts.
• Combine the cake batter with date mixture and mix well.
• Pour the batter into a greased 8x8" pan (or use a 9x13" pan if doubling recipe).
• Bake at 350 F for approximately 20-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• For Caramel Sauce: Combine sugar, water and butter in a saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring, reduce heat and simmer for approximately five minutes while adding cornstarch or flour to thicken sauce. (Mix cornstarch or flour with small amounts of cold water and add to sauce).
• For Toffee Sauce: Combine sugar, cream and butter in a saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring, reduce heat and simmer for five minutes until thickened.
• Cut the cooled cake into very small square pieces.
• In a pudding bowl - layer 1/2 of the cake pieces, then 1/2 sauce and 1/2 tub Cool Whip. Repeat layer. Chill and serve!

DATE-NUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over dates and set aside to cool.
• Cream together sugars, egg and butter or margarine.
• Combine dry ingredients and blend into creamed batter.
• Stir in dates and nuts.
• Pour into a greased baking pan, 11"X 7"X 1 1/2".
• Top with sauce and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Serve warm or cold, topped with whipped cream, if desired.
• Sauce: Mix together until smooth and syrupy.
• Pour over batter and bake.