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Bread Pudding
Believe it or not but bread pudding was one of the very first recipes I taught myself to make when I first got interested in cooking just after college. I LOVE bread pudding. The flavors are simple and remind me of french toast. The texture is dense and spongy, almost creamy. It’s a simple dessert…
Believe it or not but bread pudding was one of the very first recipes I taught myself to make when I first got interested in cooking just after college. I LOVE bread pudding. The flavors are simple and remind me of french toast. The texture is dense and spongy, almost creamy. It’s a simple dessert that manages to feel both special and rustic. Also, it’s a delicious way to use up old bread!
While bread pudding has it’s roots from England (and that’s where I first had it) to me it feels like a dish that could have easily been created in the southern US. It feels like country cooking and reminds me of it’s savory cousin, Stuffing, a Thanksgiving staple.
Related: If you love this next try our French Toast Casserole.
Ingredients
- Bread – stale bread is best, see notes
- Unsalted butter
- Eggs
- Milk
- Granulated white sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
How to make Bread Pudding
Tear up the bread into small pieces. Butter or lightly grease your baking dish and add the bread pieces to it.
Melt the butter. Drizzle half the melted butter over the bread pieces.
In a medium sized mixing bowl add the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Whisk until well combined, you really want to break up the eggs so the yolks and whites are well combined. Then stir in the butter (hopefully slightly cooled by now).
Pour the egg batter over the bread pieces. Lightly press the bread down so all the pieces get soaked, it will spring back some and that’s fine.
Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes. The bread pudding will puff up toward the end of baking. Once removed from the oven it will settle back down. Cool for 10-12 minutes before slicing into it.
Notes
- You can use any type of bread for this but I love sourdough. Sandwich bread, hot dog buns, dinner rolls, etc. will all work though.
- You do want the bread stale, this allows it to soak up the egg batter well and that’s what makes the final dish so spongy and delicious. If your bread is not stale then toast in your toaster, air fryer or oven for a few minutes.
- Use part brown sugar (up to half) to add more flavor.
- Add raisins for classic old fashioned bread pudding.
- Add a bread pudding glaze – not really necessary but traditional and easy. Whisk together powdered sugar with a little vanilla extract and just enough milk to make a pourable glaze. Alternative idea- sprinkle the bake with powdered sugar.
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A spongy and creamy baked bread pudding recipe
Yield 9
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 40 minutes
Total 50 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 slices bread
- ¼ cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- ⅔ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Tear up the bread into small pieces.
Butter or lightly grease your baking dish and add the bread pieces to it.
Melt the butter. Drizzle half the melted butter over the bread pieces.
In a medium sized mixing bowl add the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Whisk until well combined, you really want to break up the eggs so the yolks and whites are well combined.
Then stir in the butter (hopefully slightly cooled by now).
Pour the egg batter over the bread pieces. Lightly press the bread down so all the pieces get soaked, it will spring back some and that’s fine.
Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes. The bread pudding will puff up toward the end of baking. Once removed from the oven it will settle back down.
Cool for 10-12 minutes before slicing into it.
Notes
- You can use any type of bread for this but I love sourdough. Sandwich bread, hot dog buns, dinner rolls, etc. will all work though.
- You do want the bread stale, this allows it to soak up the egg batter well and that’s what makes the final dish so spongy and delicious. If your bread is not stale then toast in your toaster, air fryer or oven for a few minutes.
- Use part brown sugar (up to half) to add more flavor.
- Add raisins for classic old fashioned bread pudding.
- Add a bread pudding glaze – not really necessary but traditional and easy. Whisk together powdered sugar with a little vanilla extract and just enough milk to make a pourable glaze. Alternative idea- sprinkle the bake with powdered sugar.
© Author A Beautiful Mess
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Keywords bread pudding
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Bread Pudding
Amount per Serving
Calories
216
% Daily Value*
Fat
Saturated Fat
Trans Fat
0.2
Polyunsaturated Fat
Monounsaturated Fat
Cholesterol
Sodium
177
Potassium
138
Carbohydrates
Fiber
Sugar
Protein
Vitamin A
352
Vitamin C
0.05
Calcium
105
Iron
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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