Indian Pudding 2 (New England Corn Pudding) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups milk (If adding apples, decrease the amount of milk to 2 cups)
1/2 cup cornmeal
3/4 cup dark molasses
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups thinly sliced apples (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F.
In the top of a double boiler over direct heat, heat the milk to boiling.
Stir in the corn meal.
Place the milk/corn meal mixture over boiling water.
Cook them for about 15 minutes.
Stir in molasses and cook for about 5 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Stir in the butter, salt, ginger, sugar, egg, raisins, cinnamon and apples (if you are using them).
Pour the batter into a well-greased baking dish.
Bake the pudding from 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Pudding is usually served warm (or hot) with Hard Sauce.
Its a New England custom to serve Indian Pudding with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream on the top.