I’ve made three batches of pudding this past week.
I churned out a small batch vanilla pudding for two (I subbed an equal amount of vanilla bean paste for extract) a cheesecake pudding for lovely friends, and this butterscotch pudding.
Pudding is comforting, and it’s the sort of thing that we’ve needed lately. Mr. Dessert For Two left for Kansas bright and early yesterday morning. I’m staying behind in California until I get a job all lined up out there. Also, I'm staying behind because he’ll be living in a hotel room until we find a house, and I just couldn’t run this website from an extended-stay hotel room. It would be nothing but microwave mug cakes, no-bake delights, and other things that could be made in a kitchen the size of a postage stamp with minimal appliances. My devotion to desserts is far too strong to live like that for more than one week.
The good news is that we can delay our big move until we find a house. This means that I won’t be sleeping on a twin mattress on the floor of an empty house snuggling with my stand mixer instead of him.
I want to say THANK YOU for all the sweet words and kind messages y’all offered when I shared my news. I called the Mr to share my gratitude and he said “you sure do have some nice readers.” And I couldn’t agree more. I read each comment several times, and I even emailed a few of you who had connections in Kansas. You guys are the best, and I can't thank you enough.
Let's be honest: I made him snap this shot because I wanted to show off my hot pink nail polish.
A rich and creamy dessert for two.Butterscotch Pudding
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 591Total Fat: 36gSaturated Fat: 23gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 112mgSodium: 241mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 0gSugar: 47gProtein: 8g
Madison @ Espresso and Cream says
Homemade pudding is the best. I don't know why I don't make it more often. Still crossing my fingers that you find a job soon and are able to move out to Kansas with your hubby soon!
Let Me Eat Cake says
congrats on your exciting move! pudding is the perfect comforting dessert for the occasion especially butterscotch my fave! and love the nails!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
I love pudding! It's such a pick-me-up that's perfect for any time during the day. And I'm such a sucker for butterscotch so I'm sure I will love this.
foodfashionandflow says
This looks so decadent and delicious!
Shelly says
I made this Sunday. It is so good! I plan on making it again tomorrow night. Thank you for a great easy recipe.
Aspsusa says
This sounds good - and now I finally know what "butterscotch" is!
Being from Finland, I had a vague idea that it was sweet-caramell -y, but I would never have guessed that it was actually butter+scotch (+sweet/caramelle). Far too simple.
I must try this sometime - I usually never have unsalted butter, but since you have a bit of salt in the recipe, I guess that won't matter too much. Figuring out your weird measurements (metric FTW, lol) is always a challenge, but I think I get the gist of this one:
A Maizena (corn starch) pudding (consistency of a thickish custard?) with a cream instead of milk for a little less than 1/3 of the liquid, flavoured with brown sugar, whisky, vanilla and butter.
I wonder how it would come out if you made the pudding thicker, to a consistency where you could put it in a mould?
ElaineP says
I made your vanilla pudding and banana pudding from your book, I have to keep trying the different ones now! Making this one today!
ElaineP says
Was there supposed to be an egg yolk in this recipe?
Christina Lane says
No, the recipe works as-written. But you can (and I have) added one in the past for an even thicker pudding. Just use the egg yolk, not the whole egg :) I think my first cookbook has a version of this recipe in it with the egg yolk...salted butterscotch pudding pops comes to mind :)
Susan Giangrande says
This pudding is fantastic! Found the recipe yesterday and made it the same day. My husband was amazed at how good it was. Thank you for another terrific recipe!!