Currants Recipes Page 6

Recipes Featuring Currants

• Oatmeal Date Muffins
  2 Tbsps butter 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cup Quaker Oats 1 cup sour milk (or sweet) 1/4 cup flour 1/2 tsp soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt Dates, chopped raisins or currants
• John Bull's Own Plum Pudding
  1 pound suet 1 pound moist sugar 1 pound currants 1 pound raisins 1 pound sultana raisins 1 pound mixed candied peel 1/2 pound bread crumbs 1/2 pound flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon mixed sp
• Tea Cakes
  1 pint flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon shortening 1 tablespoon mashed potato 1 cup raisins or currants
• Mince Pie, No.2 | 2 lbs lean beef, boiled and finely chopped
  2 lbs lean beef, boiled and finely chopped 1 lb beef suet 5 lbs apples, pared and chopped 2 lbs raisins, seeded and chopped 1 lb raisins, washed 2 lbs currants, washed 3/4 lb citron, finely cut
• Rich Plum Cake, or Wedding Cake
  4 pounds flour 3 1/2 pound butter 3 1/2 pounds sugar 36 eggs, leaving out twelve whites 2 pounds citron 2 pounds orange 2 pounds lemon 4 pounds almonds mixed with as much sugar 4 pounds raisin
• Rice Pudding | 4 ounces rice
  4 ounces rice 8 ounces water 3 Tbsps butter 5 Tbsps sugar 5 eggs, well beaten 1 Tbsp powdered nutmeg Pinch of salt 4 Tbsps wine 1/4 lb raisins, stoned and cut in halves 1/4 lb currants 1/4 l
• English Fruit Cake | 1 pound butter
  1 pound butter 1 pound light brown sugar 9 eggs 1 pound flour 2 teaspoons mace 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon soda 2 tablespoons milk 3 pounds currants 2 pounds raisins, seeded and finely ch
• Black Cake | 1 lb butter
  1 lb butter 1-1/2 lbs sugar 1 Tbsp brandy 1-1/2 lbs flour 10 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately very light 4 ounces cream 4 ounces molasses 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cloves
• Fruit Jumbles
  2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 5 cups flour 5 eggs 3 1/2 ounces milk 1/2 tsp baking soda Cinnamon Nutmeg Allspice Cloves, ground 1/4 lb currants
• Christmas Pudding
  1 pound suet 1 pound currants 1 pound raisins 1 pound sultanas 1 pound moist sugar 1 pint milk 1 nutmeg 1 pound grated breadcrumbs 1/2 pound citron 1/4 pound orange peel 1/4 pound lemon peel