Kates Low Fat Indian Pudding Sweetened With Honey And Molasses Food

INDIAN PUDDING CAKE WITH MOLASSES CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with non-fat cooking spray; line bottom with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and set pan aside.
• Combine first 6 ingredients (brown sugar through vanilla) in a large bowl; stir well, and set aside.
• Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, spices and salt in another bowl; stir well, and set aside.
• Beat egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed of a mixer until foamy. Gradually add 2 tablespoons brown sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• Gently fold egg whites and cornmeal mixture alternately into molasses mixture, beginning and ending with egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan, using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto a wire rack. Carefully peel off wax paper; let cool completely.
• Place cake on serving plate; sift 2 teaspoons powdered sugar over cake.
• Place cream cheese in a bowl, and beat at medium speed of a mixer until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, and beat until well blended. Serve with cake.

BAKED INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• In a greased casserole or stone crock mix together cornmeal, molasses, sugar, butter, salt, baking soda, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins (if using) together. Stir in 3 cups of hot milk. Bake in oven until it comes to a boil.
• Turn heat down to 275°F.
• Stir in remaining milk and bake, covered for 4-6 hours, stirring every half hour or so.
• Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

MY BEST AND EASY INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Using a non stick (or heavy bottomed) sauce pan add milk and heat on medium heat until nearly bubbling at the edges and steaming.
• Slowly whisk in the meal and whisk slowly until the meal is suspended in the milk, meaning none hanging out at the bottom of the pot. Continue whisking off and on until it reaches a medium thick hot cereal consistency. Again you *can* walk away and whisk every 5 minutes or so.
• Turn stove to low heat and continue to whisk off and on while it thickens. No need to be afraid. I have left it unattended for over 10 minutes and it will not scorch, lump or stick.
• When it reaches 'thick hot cereal' stage, stir in remaining ingredients. I usually whisk. Mix well to combine evenly.
• Leave pudding on low, stirring/whisking occasionally until thickened a bit more; 10-15 minutes approximately.
• Turn off heat and let the pan sit until it has cooled down half way, then cover with the lid and let it 'set.' Times will vary with setting. Last night it was 15 minutes or so and in 2 hours I could upturn the pan. Refrigerate and reheat gently; I use the microwave for individual servings.
• I used the high end of the cook time and will depend on your corn meal, heat of stove, etc -- I have seen many recipes making this pudding appear scary; stand at stove and never stop whisking the entire time. Fiddley sticks!

KATE'S LOW FAT INDIAN PUDDING SWEETENED WITH HONEY AND MOLASSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225F degrees. Thoroughly grease a 1 3/4 to 2 quart casserole dish with shortening. Note: Shortening is better for greasing than spray, oil, or butter because the honey tends to stick and burn easily during the long baking time.
• Stir together eggs, honey, and molasses in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Combine cornmeal, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan, bring milk to a boil. Whisk in cornmeal mixture slowly, stirring constantly. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Slowly stir in at least half of hot mixture into egg mixture. Add egg mixture back to hot cornmeal mixture, stirring to combine. Bring back up to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish. Bake, uncovered, at 225F degrees for 3 hours to 3 hours 45 minutes, stirring every 45 minutes during baking, making sure to scrape bottom of dish (The more shallow the dish is the less baking time is required. My dish is 6.5" by 6.5" by 3.5" so it takes 3 hours 30 minutes.) Mixture will be moist, creamy, and loose- not solid like a custard or pumpkin pie. Pour into dessert cups or bowls. Serve hot or cold. May be eaten plain or topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. If serving cold, place plastic wrap directly onto surface of pudding to prevent a tough layer from forming (I like mine cold; refrigerating causes it to firm up.) Store in refrigerator.
• Note: Do not try to lessen the baking time by raising the oven temperature to 250F degrees because I did this once and ended up scorching the pudding because the honey burns really easily.