Christmas Plum Pudding

If you don’t have an Auntie Mary to make your Christmas pudding for you, the way I do, you’ll have to make your own. It’s a better option than buying one of those tiny, outrageously expensive ones you sometimes see in gourmet stores—they’re not very good anyway. The holiday pud used to be made with suet, but butter has long since replaced it in many households. It makes a pudding lighter in both taste and color, and I infinitely prefer it. It’s traditional to invite everyone in the house, i