Baked Indian Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. yellow corn meal
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. salt
1 c. molasses or golden table syrup

Preparation

Heat oven to 325\u00b0.
Butter a deep 2-quart casserole.
Heat milk and sugar in a saucepan over low heat until tiny bubbles appear around edge of pan. Gradually stir in corn meal; cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and slightly thickened.
Remove from heat.
Stir in eggs, cinnamon, ginger, salt and molasses (syrup).
Stir together thoroughly.
Pour into prepared casserole. Bake, uncovered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Serve hot as is, or with vanilla ice cream.
Makes 6 servings.