Bread Pudding

[DeBora4BobbyL]

This is great to serve with stale old bread!

Bread Pudding

4 beaten eggs
2 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 T vanilla
4 cups bread cubes
1/3 cup raisins (optional)

In a bowl, beat together eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla. In an ungreased 2 qt square baking dish, toss together bread and cubes raisins. Pout egg mixture evenly over egg mixture. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-45 or until knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool slightly.

[sweetnell3]

Thanks Debora! I fix this recipe except I used raisin bread in mine,but it turn out great! Ds was very happy and loved it!It was the first time I had every made bread pudding so I was happy to find this recipe.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

No problem. The cool thing about bread pudding is that you can add nuts, use any type bread (including old sweet breads from breakfasts), or even add other things such as nuts.

[sweetnell3]

My ds has bad teeth so finding things he likes that he can eat is hard,but he won't go to the dentist as he doesn't have insurance and he had a bad experince with dentists .The bread pudding turn out perfect as he loves bread pudding.It was the only desert I made for Christmas dinner.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I totally understand as I have had a bad experience with dentists too.

[cat lover]

Here's another Bread Pudding recipe; really good!

Banana Pecan Bread Pudding

4 tbsp unsalted butter
3 bananas, cut into 1/2" pieces
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
nutmeg
cinnamon
allspice
1/2 cup banana liqueur
2 cups heavy cream
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups hard bread, diced

Heat butter in a skillet and add bananas and 1/4 cup sugar. Season with spices according to your taste and cook stirring 4 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Whisk liqueuer, cream, eggs, vanilla and reamining 6 tbsp sugar in a bowl and add bread and bananas and cover and refrigerate overnight. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Line a rectangle pan with plastic wrap and fill with banana pudding and cover. Place pan in a large pan and fill with water halfway up the side of the pan and bake till puddings internal temperature is 175 degrees, remove from oven and cool and then put in refrigerator.

RUM SAUCE

4 tbsp butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup dark rum

Bring butter, cream,sugar, and salt to boil in a pan stirring till sugar disolves. Remove from heat, cool and stir in rum and then set aside.

1 cup all purpose flour
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups pecan, ground
1/4 cup canola oil
4 tbsp butter
vanilla ice cream

Unmold pudding and cut into 1/2" thick slices.Place flour, eggs and pecans in separate bowls and dip each slice in flour, then eggs and then coat with the pecans. Place on a baking sheet and refrigerate 1 hour. Heat oil and butter in a skillet and add banana bread slices and cook till golden on each side. Place each slice on a plate, top with ice cream and drizzle with rum sauce, Makes 10 servings

[Bilby]

Also nice with fruit bread that cubed for sultanas, currants thrown in with the bread.
This is one of my all time faves.