Bread Pudding - w/recipe
One of our favorite ways to use up day old or stale bread, is simple Bread Pudding. I think this is a Portuguese recipe, because I learned it from one of the grandmothers when I was a teen...but she never told me where she learned it.
The recipe is super simple, basically a custard.
1/2 C Raisins (drop these in a bowl and pour some boiling water over them...let them soak until everything else is in the bowl)
Whatever stale bread you have, up to 1/2 loaf
3 eggs (4 for high altitude)
3 C milk
1/2 C sugar (most recipes call for 1 1/2 C but that is Way too sweet. sometimes I just add 1/4 C or none)
1 t cinnamon
Butter
That is it...
I mix the eggs and milk first in a lg bowl
Break or crumble the bread into this, add cinn and sugar and mix
Drain the raisins and add them, mix a bit more
(sometimes I add a bit of vanilla or almond extract)
Pour it all in a baking pan, add some pats of butter around the top, and bake uncovered at 350 for an hour or until knife comes out clean.
We add all kinds of dried and fresh fruits, I like it with apples and cranberries too.
Thanks for reading :) enjoy your stale bread!!!
My favorite dessert, I'm going to see if I can get my wife or daughter to make it. Thank you!
You are very welcome :) enjoy...
I love bread pudding. I make it a little different but all the same in the end. I might have to give your recipe a try. Thanks for sharing
Oh, I hope you post your recipe too sometime...we can Never have too many ways to make it!
YES! Bread pudding is one of my favorites ever ever, isnt it great that some of the best recipes have such simple or so few ingredients! Grandmas always know best- this looks incredible ! <3 Thanks for sharin @elew !
Yes it is :)
Bread pudding is one of my favourites.
My mum used to make it - it was always lovely with a bit of creamy milk.
Yes, she used to give us milk with it too...though now I have it with coffee or tea :) Is your recipe the same?
That sounds good!
It is, really good, and saves food...:)
This is so smart. You should save also the old breads, right? Thanks for sharing! :)
Those Portuguese grandmothers knew how to do things for sure! Yes, so long as the bread is not moldy it is still good to use this way. ..it can be hard as a rock stale, and the milk and eggs will soften it right up again.