Grape-Nuts Pudding

Name: Grape-Nuts Pudding
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 6-8
Ingredients: 1 cup Grape-Nuts cereal; 1 qt. milk; 4 eggs; 1 ⁄ 2 cup sugar; 1 tbsp. vanilla extract; 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. fine salt; Grated nutmeg

Serves
serves 6-8

Grape-Nuts cereal, the main ingredient in this dessert, was introduced in 1897 at the height of a health craze inspired by dietary reformer Sylvester Graham. In this recipe, based on one first published in Yankee magazine, the cereal settles in the pan to create a tasty bottom layer.

Ingredients

1 cup Grape-Nuts cereal
1 qt. milk
4 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
¹⁄₄ tsp. fine salt
Grated nutmeg

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°. Grease a 2-quart glass loaf pan with 1 tsp. butter; set aside. Put cereal into a bowl; set aside.

Step 2

Bring milk just to a boil over medium heat; pour over cereal and set aside to let soak for 5 minutes.

Step 3

Beat together eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Slowly pour egg mixture into milk mixture while whisking constantly. Transfer to reserved pan; set in a deep roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan that it reaches halfway up pudding pan. Bake until just set, about 1 1⁄4 hours. Let cool; sprinkle with grated nutmeg.

Heat oven to 350°. Grease a 2-quart glass loaf pan with 1 tsp. butter; set aside. Put cereal into a bowl; set aside.
Bring milk just to a boil over medium heat; pour over cereal and set aside to let soak for 5 minutes.
Beat together eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Slowly pour egg mixture into milk mixture while whisking constantly. Transfer to reserved pan; set in a deep roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan that it reaches halfway up pudding pan. Bake until just set, about 1 1⁄4 hours. Let cool; sprinkle with grated nutmeg.