My sister's favorite dessert from childhood out of our grandmother's collection of recipes. She had a small binder rather than a recipe box. What I could decipher is typed below. I included photo so if I got it wrong others can fix.
Ingredients: 1 cup maple or brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup flour, a cup and a half of milk, touch vanilla and salt.
*heat sugar and milk in double boiler.
*mix flour with another 1/2 cup milk to smooth
*add beaten egg yolks to the flour mix
*add resulting mix into the double boiler slowly
*once hot mix thickens, stir in whipped egg whites.
(Just gentle fold in)
by sashiko
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I LOVE MAPLE!! Omg I would love to try thissss
I lurve maple too. But sugar is hard to source. Wonder what I would need to sub syrup.
Kinda like a maple mousse!
Is that 4 cup flour? Or 1/4 cup?
Did all the women’s handwriting of that era look the same? Looks just like my grandmothers handwriting and that of both of her sister’s.
I guess the frothed egg whites is what makes it foamy?
*Image Transcription: Handwritten Recipe*
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#Foamy Maple Pudding
yield 1 qt
1 c maple or brown sugar
1½ c milk
2 eggs
¼ c flour
½ c milk
For 1½x recipe — 2¼ c milk
1½ c sugar
¾ c milk
⅜ c flour
3 eggs
Heat sugar + 1½ milk in double boiler. Mix flour + ½ c milk smooth, add beaten yolks + stif into hot liquid slowly. When thick add beaten whites. Serve with cream.
Add a little salt + vanilla improves flavor.
Interesting! My mom used to make a slightly fluffy tapioca pudding in a similar way. Bet this would be even better with the maple sugar flavor.
All I needed to see was maple & I was hooked.
The recipe is a bit rough around the edges as it skips over a few things like tempering the yolks & beating the egg whites to what stiffness stage. But that’s no problem for Reddit old recipes folks.
I love maple syrup. & buy it by the gallon.
What used to be called B grade is my go to, a dark syrup & has a deep maple flavor.
My favorite sugerhouse to visit is Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock VT. Great maple syrup & farm made cheddar cheeses.
The location is very peaceful and scenic. No traffic on their long road up to the farm.