Pouding du Chomeur (Poor Man's Pudding)

POUDING DU CHOMEUR (POOR MANS PUDDING)
This dessert recipe was very popular in Quebec during the depression and remains a favorite in many French Canadian homes to this day.

SAUCE
2 cups	Brown sugar	500 mL
2 cup	Water	500 mL
1 tbsp	Butter	15 mL
1/2 tsp	Vanilla	2 mL
BATTER
1/3 cup	Cold Butter	75 mL
1 cup	White sugar	250 mL
2 cup	Flour	500 mL
	Pinch salt
3 tsp	Baking powder	15 mL
3/4 cup	Milk	375 mL
1 tsp	Vanilla	5 mL

SAUCE In a large saucepan mix brown sugar and water together and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, add vanilla and butter, cover while preparing batter. BATTER In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly looking. Add milk and vanilla all at once and stir just until moistened. Drop large spoonfuls of batter into the boiling syrup. Cover and simmer, without removing cover, for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle of dumpling comes out clean. Serve hot.