"Jen" > wrote in message
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> "pfoley" > wrote in message
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> > "Dawn" > wrote in message
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> >> Anyone got a simple, tried-and-true recipe for stovetop pudding or
> >> custard? I don't want anything with cream cheese, condensed milk, rum,
> >> lobster, dried cherries, or instant vanilla pudding as ingredients.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dawn
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> > I have made the Chocolate Pudding and it was excellent from
> > Betty Crocker's Cookbook. See Vanilla Pudding recipe below:
> >
> > Vanilla Cream Pudding
> > 1/3 cup sugar
> > 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
> > 1/8 teaspoon salt
> > 2 cups milk
> > 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
> > 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
> > 2 teaspoons vanilla
> >
> > Blend sugar, cornstarch and salt in a 2-quart saucepan. Combine milk
and
> > egg yolks; gradually stir into sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat,
> > stirring constatly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir one
> > minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into dessert
> > dishes. Cool slightly and chill
> >
> > 4 servings
> >
> > Do not use soft-type margarine in this recipe
> > variations:
> > Butterscotch Pudding: Substitute 2/3 cup brown sugar packed for the
> > granulated sugar and decrease vanilla to one teaspoon.
> > Chocolate Pudding: Increase sugar to 1/2 cup and stir
> > 1/3 cup cocoa into sugar-cornstarch mixture. Omit butter.
>
> I just tried the butterscotch one for dessert tonight, it was great. Maybe
a
> little too sweet though, is it supposed to be *2/3* cup brown sugar, even
> though the vanilla one is only *1/3* cup?
>
> I made one with flour instead of cornstarch ages ago, and I wasn't that
> impressed, it was very floury and gluey, but this one is excellent. I
look
> forward to trying the other flavours. My husband and daughter want
> chocolate but I'm not big on chocolate, so I'll make the vanilla instead.
>
> Jen
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I never made the butterscotch pudding, but the chocolate is really good.
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