healthy Figgy pudding

Prep:15minCook:1h 50min

Traditional figgy pudding is a holiday dish made with flour, suet (a type of hard animal fat), figs, and other dried fruits. Some more modern versions, like this one, are made without suet. Here's what you'll need for this top-rated figgy pudding recipe

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:20:01 GMT

Ingredients

14 servings

1 ¾ cupsbuttermilk

12 ouncesdried Calimyrna figs

coarsely chopped

1 ½ cupswhole-wheat flour

⅔ cuphoney

2 ½ teaspoonsbaking powder

1 teaspoonground nutmeg

1 teaspoonground cinnamon

1 teaspoonsalt

3eggs

1 ½ cupsdry bread crumbs

½ cupunsalted butter

melted

1 x 2.45 ouncesliced almonds

package

3 tablespoonsorange marmalade

1 tablespoonorange zest

grated

navel oranges

½ teaspoonorange-vanilla flavoring

such as, Optional

Instructions

Step 1

Gently heat buttermilk and figs in a saucepan over medium-low heat until softened, 10 to 15 minutes; set aside until cool.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a tube pan. Grease one side of a sheet of aluminum foil.

Step 3

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt together into a bowl.

Step 4

Beat eggs in a separate, large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed for 1 minute. Add the cooled fig and buttermilk mixture, bread crumbs, melted butter, almonds, orange marmalade, orange zest, and orange-vanilla flavoring; beat on low speed until blended.

Step 5

Gradually mix in the sifted flour mixture until just incorporated. Spoon batter into the prepared pan and cover with the greased foil.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until firm and pulling away from sides of the pan, 1 hour 15 minutes to 2 hours.

Step 7

Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack.