"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.
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>> 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