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CLOOTIE DUMPLING

This dumpling will fill you up and help keep away the cold on an autumn day. The traditional method involves boiling the dumpling in a pan, but this method is faster and gives good results.

Ingredients

4oz (100g) margarine

6oz (150g) sultanas

1/4 pint water

3oz ( 75g) soft brown sugar

1/2 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 dessertspoon black treacle

1 beaten egg

2 teaspoons cinnamon

4oz (100g) self raising flour

Method

Place the first 6 ingredients into a pan. Heat gently until all ingredients have melted. Stir. Remove from heat.

Now add the beaten egg, cinnamon and flour. Mix thoroughly.

Line a one and a half pint pudding bowl with cling film. (Use a large piece of cling film and cover the mixture loosely with the film - when the dumpling cools slightly later in the recipe, the cling film peels very easily.) Pour in dumpling mixture.

Cover. Cook on HIGH in a microwave oven for 5-6 minutes.

Leave to cool in the bowl then turn out and peel away cling film.

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