Figgy Duff

Name: Figgy Duff
Prep time: 11 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 2 cups All purpose flour; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Ginger; 1 tsp Allspice; 1 tsp Cinnamon; 1 cup Raisins; 1/3 cup Melted Butter; 1/2 cup Molasses; 1 tablespoon Water

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Dessert recipe with Canadian flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 47 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 32 min total

2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Ginger
1 tsp Allspice
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 cup Raisins
1/3 cup Melted Butter
1/2 cup Molasses
1 tablespoon Water

Step-by-step instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and spices.
Add raisins and stir well, making sure to coat the raisins in the flour mixture.
Add melted butter, molasses and water and mix with a wooden spoon. Form a ball with the spoon or your hands and put the dough ball in a cotton pudding bag. Tie the bag, leaving at least 1 inch of room to allow the pudding to expand while cooking.
Boil pudding for 1.5 hours. (In NL, this is typically done in the pot along with Jiggs Dinner, but it can be done independently.) When the duff is firm, remove it from the boiling water and let it cool slightly before removing it from the pudding bag.
Slice pudding like a cake and serve with the warm sauce of your choice: rum butter sauce, warmed molasses or Molasses Coady sauce (1 cup (250 mL) molasses, 1/4 cup (60 mL) butter, 1/4 cup (60 mL) water) is common in Newfoundland.

Why this works on a weeknight

Figgy Duff lands at about 32 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Sweet Finishes collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Figgy Duff actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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