Stewed Prunes

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House · Conrad, Jessie · 1923
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A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (5)
  1. Put half a pound of prunes into a large pudding basin with cold water and rub them gently with the fingers till thoroughly cleansed.
  2. Leave them in the water for about ten minutes.
  3. Turn the prunes with half a teacup of powdered sugar into a saucepan and just cover them with hot water.
  4. Cook from thirty to forty minutes.
  5. The juice should be perfectly clear when cooked and the prunes whole.
Original Text
Stewed Prunes Put half a pound of prunes into a large pudding basin with cold water and rub them gently with the fingers till thoroughly cleansed. Leave them in the water for about ten minutes. Then turn the prunes with half a teacup of powdered sugar into a saucepan and just cover them with hot water. Cook from thirty to forty minutes. The juice should be perfectly clear when cooked and the prunes whole.
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