Bread Pudding Recipes

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Bread Pudding Recipes




Ingredients

* 3 bananas, peeled and sliced
* 1 cup pineapple, chopped
* 1 cup of bread, diced
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 cups milk, scalded
* 2 eggs, beaten


Instructions

1. Mix the eggs with the sugar and add gradually the scalded milk.
2. Put bread, bananas, and pineapple in a pudding dish.
3. Pour over them the egg, sugar, and milk mixture.
4. Set pudding dish in a pan of water.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

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Chocolate Bread Pudding



Ingredients

* 2 cups stale bread crumbs
* 4 cups scalded milk
* 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Soak bread in milk for thirty minutes.
2. Melt chocolate in saucepan placed over hot water.
3. Using milk from the bread mixture, mix in 1/2 of the sugar to make it thick enough to pour.
4. Add remaining sugar, salt, vanilla, and slightly beaten eggs.
5. Pour into buttered pudding-dish and bake one hour at 350 degrees.

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Steamed Bread Pudding


Ingredients

* 2 cups fresh or stale bread crumbs
* ½ cup chopped suet
* 1 cup hot water
* 1 cup flour
* 1 cup molasses
* 1 cup currants
* 1 teaspoon soda
* ½ teaspoon salt
* ½ teaspoon powderered cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
* ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
* Few blanched almonds
* 1 egg

Instructions

1. Pour hot water over bread crumbs.
2. Add molasses, suet, flour, soda, spices, currants, salt, and well beaten egg.
3. Grease a mold and decorate it with almonds.
4. Turn batter into prepared mold, cover with greased paper, and steam steadily for two and a half hours.
5. Serve with hot milk or sweet sauce.

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Bread Custard Pudding

Ingredients

* 1-½ cups stale bread cut into squares
* 2 cups milk
* 1 large egg
* ¼ cup sugar
* 1/3 cup seedless raisins
* Vanilla flavor

Instructions

1. Spread the bread scantily with butter, cut into small diced pieces, and put into a baking pan.
2. Beat the egg and the sugar together slightly.
3. Add a little vanilla and the milk to the egg mixture.
4. Mix well and pour over the bread. Let stand for half an hour.
5. Sprinkle the raisins over the top and work them into the mixture.
6. Bake at 350 degrees until set and a light brown, about 45 minutes.

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Pineapple Bread Pudding

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 4 eggs
* 1 can crushed pineapple, drained (14 ounces)
* 2 cups French bread cubes (about 1/2-inch pieces)
* 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation

In a large bowl with mixer on medium speed, beat butter, sugar and cinnamon for about 1 minute, scraping the bowl frequently. Add eggs; beat on high speed for 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Fold in remaining ingredients; pour into a greased 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Buttered Bread Pudding

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

* soft butter
* 6 slices white bread
* 4 eggs, divided
* 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* dash salt
* 3 cups milk
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

Preparation:

Directions for bread pudding
Butter bread slices and cut into 1-inch squares. Place bread squares in a lightly buttered 11x7-inch baking dish. Lightly beat 3 eggs; stir in 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla.

Heat milk; slowly add to the egg and sugar mixture, mixing well. Pour mixture over bread squares; sprinkle with cinnamon. Combine cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar; beat until smooth; beat in 1 egg. Spread cream cheese mixture over soaked bread cubes. Bake at 350° for 40 to 50 minutes, or until firm. Serves 8.

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Peach bread Pudding

Cook Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients

* 2 cups milk
* 4 cups stale bread cubes
* 2 eggs, separated
* 3/4 cup sugar, divided
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
* juice of 1 lemon
* 2 tablespoons melted butter
* 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
* 1 can (29 ounces) peach halves, drained

Preparation

Pour milk over bread cubes. Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar, salt and nutmeg; add lemon zest and juice, and the melted butter. Pour mixture over bread and milk. Stir to blend and pour into well-greased 9x9x2-inch baking dish. Place dish in a larger pan of hot water. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Remove pudding from oven and spread meringue over top. Place peach halves over meringue, close to edge. Bake at 375° for 10 to 15 minutes to brown the meringue. Serve peach pudding warm. Makes 6 servings.

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Raisin and Cinnamon Bread Pudding

Ingredients

* 5 slices white bread, crusts trimmed
* 4 tablespoons softened butter
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 3 cups milk
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly butter a shallow 12x8x2-inch baking dish. Butter bread slices generously with the butter. Cut each slice into 4 squares. Sprinkle raisins over the bottom of the prepared baking dish then arrange bread squares, buttered side up, over raisins. Sprinkle bread with the cinnamon.

In a saucepan, heat milk just until bubbles form around edge; remove from heat. Add sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

In a large bowl, beat eggs; stir in hot milk mixture then stir in vanilla. Pour over bread in baking dish. Set baking dish in a larger baking pan then add about 1/2 to 1 inch of very hot water to the larger pan. Bake at 350° for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Remove baking dish from the larger pan of water and let cool for about 15 minutes before serving. Can be served warm or cold. Refrigerate unused portion.
Bread pudding recipe makes 8 servings.

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Blueberry Bread Pudding

Ingredients

* 4 cups bread cubes
* 1/4 cup butter or margarine, cut in pieces
* 2/3 cup granulated sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, rinsed well and drained
* 1/4 cup water
* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* cream

Preparation

In a mixing bowl, combine bread, butter, sugar, salt, blueberries, water, and lemon juice. Pack mixture into a generously buttered 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Cook blueberry bread pudding at 350° for 40 minutes, until set.
Serve blueberry bread pudding hot or cold with cream or a bourbon sauce.

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Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding

Ingredients

* 2 cups milk
* 3 eggs, beaten
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 4 slices white bread, without crust
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* dash nutmeg
* 1/2 cup raisins, optional

Preparation

Heat milk over low heat until hot, but not boiling. In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, and salt; stir well. Gradually stir about 1/4 of the hot milk to the egg mixture and stir in. Add remaining milk, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla.

Place bread slices in a buttered baking dish, (sprinkle raisins over bread, if used), about 2-quart size. Pour the milk mixture over bread. Combine cinnamon and nutmeg; sprinkle over pudding mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 300° for about 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve warm with vanilla sauce or other dessert sauce, if desired.