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Recipe donated by: Gretchen Smith and Jenifer Gaston
In honor of Mary Falcsik and her amazing caregiver, George Falcsik
Ingredients:
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup raisins and 1 cup currants, stewed
- 2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup milk, scalded
- 2 cups flour
Cream the butter and brown sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Add the raisins and currants.
Mix together flour, nutmeg and soda; add this mixture to the butter-sugar mixture alternately with scalded milk.
Steam for three hours or more.
Sauce:
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 tsp vanilla
Boil all sauce ingredients together – may add a little more flour if needed to thicken.
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