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Cottage Pudding With Vanilla Sauce
1/4 cup shortening
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg. Combine dry ingredients and add to egg mixture alternately with the milk. Add vanilla. Mix well. Mixture will be somewhat heavy rather than thin. Place in greased square pan and bake at 350 degrees until toothpick comes clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Serve while warm covered with vanilla sauce. Serves six to nine people.
Vanilla Sauce
1/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tsp. cornstarch
1 cup water
2 tsp. vanilla
Place all ingredients except vanilla in a saucepan and cook until thick. Boil until sauce is clear, about five or six minutes. Add vanilla, cool and serve over Cottage Pudding.