Crock Pot Bread Pudding

Submitted by skat5762

"Fabulous no fuss bread pudding!"

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 5 eggs, beaten
• 828.06 ml milk
• 9.85 ml vanilla
• 29.58 ml ground cinnamon
• 2.46 ml salt
• 1419.54 ml plain breadcrumbs (or more to make mixture as thick as cooked oatmeal when mixed with all ingredients)
• 177.44 ml packed brown sugar
• 14.79 ml butter or 14.79 ml margarine, melted
• 118.29 ml raisins (optional)
• 1 banana, mashed or sliced (optional)

directions

1. Mix all ingredients together until bread crumbs are thoroughly wet, and mixture is smooth like thick oatmeal.
2. Place mixture in a WELL greased crock pot.
3. Cook on high for 4-5 hours, or until a knife stuck in middle of the"pudding" comes out fairly clean.
4. NOTE: For the last 1/2 hour of cooking, lift the lid a"crack" by putting a spoon or fork between it and the pot, to let the excess moisture escape; otherwise you will have a clear liquid all around the bread pudding.
5. Bread pudding should rise slightly like a cake while cooking, and be smooth on top.
6. It should be fairly solid when done, like a very moist chewy brownie, or perhaps like a dense souffle.

Reviews

[yooper]

Yet another ingenious use for the good old crockpot! I used a slightly stale loaf of Italian bread and made my crumbs in the blender and left in some chunks for texture. I omitted the rasins but kept the banana. I was worried it would be too mushy, but it came out fine! The next time I make this, I'm going to brown some apples in a fry pan in some butter and add those. Thanks s'kat for sharing this!

 

[Bill Lawton]

I used hearth baked bread instead of bread crumbs because I wanted a more soid pudding. Everything worked well except I believe the High setting for over 6 hours was too long for my crockpot because the edges all around burned. However if yu cut the edges off everything turned out just fine.

 

[Srb719]

I omitted the banana, raisins and substituted some day-old (cubed) French bread for the breadcrumbs. This took me about 3 hours on the high setting. This was my first attempt at bread pudding and the family LOVED it. I also made (Recipe #16132) and served it on the side for whomever wanted it a bit sweeter. Yummo! Many thanks, s'kat!

 

[darcilew]

Delicious! 4 hours was sufficient for mine, and I doubled (approx) the recipe. Make sure to spray the crock pot really, really well, or it sticks like crazy. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've made it. I omit the raisins and bananas and serve with vanilla ice cream. My husband always adds caramel sauce too. My daughter has recently entered a phase where she likes her pb&j with the crusts cut off. So I make her a batch of sandwiches (hint* I stick them in the freezer and pull them out in the mornings for her lunch if I am in a hurry.) Anyway, since I cut the crusts off, I use those instead of breadcrumbs. Funny, she eats all the crusts in the bread pudding...

 

[Mommykicksbutt]

I agree that the time is too long. I have an extra large 8 qt crock pot so I can double this recipe. Omitting the banana, upping the egg amount, and keeping the bread in cubes makes for a custard consistency with bites of brownie texture, wonderful. We eat this not just for dessert but also for breakfast.