Patty Mae's Bread Pudding
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 lb loaf day-old French bread
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups milk
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1⁄2 cup blanched slivered almond
directions
- Butter a 3-quart baking dish.
- Slice crusts off bread and cut into 1-inch cubes.
- Place about half of the bread cubes in the dish and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the dates. Add enough of the remaining bread to come within an inch of the top of the baking dish. Sprinkle with the other 1/2 cup of dates; set aside.
- Break eggs into a blender and blend on low until well beaten.
- Add melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla; blend on low until well mixed.
- Add about half the milk and blend again until well mixed.
- Stir in the remainder of the milk.
- Pour over bread cubes, pushing down bread to make sure it is completely covered with milk-egg mixture.
- Let sit at least 30 minutes before baking, or cover tightly and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
- Sprinkle almonds over the top of the pudding.
- Place baking dish in a larger baking pan and place in a preheated 350ºF oven.
- Pour hot water into the outer pan so it covers 1/3 of the baking dish.
- Bake for about 1 hour or until a clean knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven. Let sit for about 10 minutes before serving.
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I'm a software engineer living in Wilmington, Delaware. I'm originally from the South (north Florida), so I was raised on good old Southern cooking. I started cooking when I was 7 and have always loved to experiment and put my own twist on the dishes I make.
While traveling and living in different places I've discovered a number of wonderful cuisines - Cuban, Thai, Greek, Indonesian, Indian, et al. I have a few dishes from each cuisine that I do really well.
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