Bread Pudding

Dee514's Note:

This is another one of those "old family recipes" that every family has a favorite version of.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2-1 teaspoon vanilla (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (to taste)
• 4 cups day old bread or 4 cups plain cake, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/4-1/2 cup raisins
• butter, to grease pan
• whipped cream or ice cream, for topping (optional)

Directions:

1. Beat into the eggs, the sugar, milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.
2. Butter a 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
3. Put bread cubes into buttered dish, pour egg mixture over bread.
4. Let stand until bread is thoroughly soaked.
5. Mix in the raisins.
6. Bake at 350°F for about 25 minutes.
7. Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream or scoop of ice cream.

Reviews

[cookie j]

Wonderful! Just like my mother used to make. I have been looking for this recipe. Thank you.

[joy57]

I have been searching for a bread pudding that my mother made when I was a child and I thought this was it. It wasn't what I had remembered but it was good. I would definitely cut down on the nutmeg and cinnamon, it was alittle overpowering for my family.

[Kiss*My*Tiara]

I've made this 2 times now. The first time I used cubed hard rolls and almost came back to give it a 1-2 star rating. Hard rolls were a bad idea! It tasted like bland, dry french toast. But since the directions just said "bread", I figured any kind was OK. I had a feeling I used the wrong bread so I tried it again before rating. Second time I used plain white bread, and it came out great. I sprayed that dish instead of using butter. I sprinkled a little ground chocolate on the top with the raisins, and it was really good like that. My 6 year old son LOVES this! I'm also making it for my dad on Saturday. I'm very happy with it, but I think the directions should be more clear on the type of bread to use. Thanks for this recipe!