Crock Pot Bread Pudding

Fabulous no fuss bread pudding!

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

Ingredients

• 5  eggs, beaten
• 3 1⁄2 cups milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 2  tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 6  cups  plain breadcrumbs (or more to make mixture as thick as cooked oatmeal when mixed with all ingredients)
• 3⁄4 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon butter or 1  tablespoon margarine, melted
• 1⁄2 cup 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.