Butter Crust for Puddings

Instructions

1. When suet is disliked for crust, butter must supply its place, but there must be no intermixture of lard in paste which is to be boiled.
2. Eight ounces to the pound of flour will render it sufficiently rich for most eaters, and less will generally be preferred; rich crust of this kind being more indigestible by far than that which is baked.
3. The butter may be lightly broken into the flour before the water is added, or it may be laid on, and rolled into the paste as for puff-crust.
4. A small portion of salt must be added to it always, and for a meat pudding the same proportion as directed in the preceding receipt.
5. For kitchen, or for quite common family puddings, butter and clarified dripping are used sometimes in equal proportions: from three to four ounces of each will be sufficient for the pound and quarter of flour.
6. Proportions: Flour, 1 lb.; butter, 8 oz.; salt, for fruit puddings, 1/2 saltspoonful; for meat puddings, 1/2 teaspoonful.