Plum Pudding With Sherried Hard Sauce

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups raisins
• 1 cup peeled, chopped cooking apples
• 1 cup currants
• 1 cup light molasses
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 cups finely chopped suet

1. Combine flour, soda, salt, and spices in a large mixing bowl; mix well. Stir in raisins, apple, and currants.
2. Combine molasses, water, and suet; add to dry ingredients, mixing well. Spoon mixture into a well-greased 2 1/8-quart mold; cover tightly.
3. Place mold on rack in a large, deep kettle with enough boiling water to come halfway up mold. Cover kettle; steam pudding 3 hours in boiling water, replacing water as needed. Unmold and serve with Sherried Hard Sauce. Refrigerate leftover pudding.

allpurpose, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground cloves, raisins, cooking apples, currants, light molasses, cold water, suet

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/plum-pudding-with-sherried-hard-sauce (may not work)