Bread pudding recipe

[katpo]

This all comes from re-reading that darn comfort food thread! LOL! Bread pudding is one of my favorites! This is from an Amish cookbook

Bread Pudding

Ingredients:
2 cups whole milk (or 2 cups half & half)
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar (white or brown, depending on taste preference)
3 eggs
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups bread, torn into small pieces (french bread works best)
1/2 cup raisins (optional)

Directions:
1. In medium saucepan, over medium heat, heat milk (or half & half) just until film forms over top. Combine butter and milk, stirring until butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm.
2. Combine sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add milk mixture.
3. Place bread in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
4. Sprinkle with raisins if desired. Pour batter on top of bread.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm.

I never put raisins in it but of course lots of people like it.

[Michelle]

Another one of my favorites. Thanks!!:wub:

[zippimom]

what kind of sauce do you put on it?

[katpo]

I don't. We didn't put a sauce on when I was little so I never got used to it.

But if a sauce were to go on it, you'd reduce the sugar in the pudding from 2/3 cup to 1/3 cup ... and then mix together a cup of milk, the 1/3 cup of sugar, 2 T. melted butter, some vanilla, and a T. of flour. Mix it all up and boil for a few minutes while stirring, then take it off the burner and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Pour it on the pudding while warm.

[zippimom]

I always have had my bread pudding with a whiskey or rum sauce.

[Michelle]

Kathy, I know you give the option of either milk or half and half. When you prepare this dish which do YOU prefer and use? :)

[katpo]

Last night I used milk. I always keep fat-free half-and-half on hand though because that's what I use to make soups and sauces with ... my alternative to heavy cream, which is too many calories for me.

This isn't a recipe that is going to mess up easily though. You can do the lazy way, such as I often do, where I melt the butter in the milk, then cool it down and add all the rest to it. I don't even use a mixer, but mix it thoroughly with the wooden spoon and then pour it over the bread.

[DanaLee]

Yuuuummmmmm

[Michelle]

Last night I used milk. I always keep fat-free half-and-half on hand though because that's what I use to make soups and sauces with ... my alternative to heavy cream, which is too many calories for me.

This isn't a recipe that is going to mess up easily though. You can do the lazy way, such as I often do, where I melt the butter in the milk, then cool it down and add all the rest to it. I don't even use a mixer, but mix it thoroughly with the wooden spoon and then pour it over the bread.


Ohhh, that makes it super easy. I love bread pudding so much.

[Christina]

I LOVE bread pudding - Aw hell, who am I kidding? I love ANY kind of pudding! :yep: