Aunt Esthers Bread Pudding Recipes

CUSTARD BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Blend half-and-half, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a blender until smooth. Arrange bread in a 9x13-inch baking dish; sprinkle with raisins and cinnamon. Pour egg mixture over bread.
• Place baking dish in a large roasting pan; fill roasting pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until set, about 1 1/2 hours. Serve warm or cold.

AUNT EMMA'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Break the bread into small chunks in a large bowl.
• Add the white sugar and melted butter and stir.
• Add the eggs one at a time alternately with the milk stirring well so that each egg is incorporated before adding the next one until all the eggs and milk are used.
• Stir in the vanilla and raisins.
• Pour into a greased lasagna pan or a 13x9" inch pan.
• (sometimes the 13x9 tends to get over full depending on the particular loaf of bread).
• Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly across the top of bread mixture.
• Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 1 hour.
• Let cool 20 to 30 minutes as pudding will set firmer as it cools.
• Can be served warm or chilled.

RUBY'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange bread in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan just large enough to hold it in 1 layer. Pour water over bread and soak 30 seconds. Turn bread over and soak until softened but not falling apart (parts of crust will remain firm), about 4 minutes more. Squeeze water from bread, then transfer bread to a buttered 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, butter, sugars, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt and stir in raisins and pineapple. Pour mixture over bread and stir gently until combined well.
• Bake pudding, uncovered, in middle of oven until custard is just set, 45 to 50 minutes.

AUNT ESTHER'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place bread crumbs in 1-1/2 quart baking dish. Scald 1/4 cup butter in 2 cups milk. Blend in all remaining ingredients (the scalded milk/butter mixture, the sugar, the eggs, cinnamon and raisins) in the baking dish. Place baking dish in pan of hot water (with water 1 inch) deep) in the preheated oven. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a butter knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean. Serve warm with milk or cream if desired.