Favorite Recipe of President Heber J. Grant

The following recipe for Christmas Fig Pudding was a favorite of President Heber J. Grant. (A photograph of President Grant is on this month’s inside back cover.) The recipe, of pioneer origin, was contributed by President Grant’s daughter, Frances Grant Bennett.

2 pounds white dried figs

8 cups soft bread crumbs

4 cups brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 pound ground suet

3 tablespoons molasses

4 tablespoons flour

3 tablespoons grated nutmeg

Juice of 4 lemons

8 eggs

Grind figs in meat grinder. Mix with all other ingredients except eggs. Beat egg yolks and egg whites separately. Stir in yokes, then fold in whites at the last. Thoroughly grease five one-pound cans and fill two-thirds full. Steam for three hours.