Bread Pudding Moms Recipes

BREAD PUDDING RECIPE

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, over medium heat, heat milk (or half & half) just until film forms over top. Combine butter and milk, stirring until butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm.
• Combine sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add milk mixture.
• Place bread in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• Sprinkle with raisins if desired. Pour batter on top of bread.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm.
• Mix everything together and bring to a boil for 3 - 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Set aside for 5 minutes, then pour on warm bread pudding.

MOM'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Cover raisins with brandy or water. Set aside.
• 2. Melt butter or margarine. Break up bread. Set aside.
• 3. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice. Reserve 3 TBS of this mixture for topping. Pour melted butter or margarine on before you toss the bread. Sugar mixture will stick better. Toss bread with remaining sugar mixture.
• 4. Place half of bread mixture in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Drain raisins, place 1/2 raisins over bread. Repeat layers.
• 5. Combine eggs, salt, vanilla in a bowl. Beat for 1 minute. Add milk slowly, pour over mix in dish. Let stand for 5 minutes. Sprinkle reserved sugar mix on top. Bake at 325 for 45 to 50 minutes

CLASSIC BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish; set aside. Put bread in a large bowl; set aside. Heat milk and cream in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until just about to simmer; remove from heat.
• Whisk eggs, yolk, sugar, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, pour cream mixture in a slow, steady stream into egg mixture. Pour over bread; fold to combine. Let stand 30 minutes, tossing and pressing occasionally to submerge bread.
• Meanwhile, soak raisins in 1 cup boiling water for 30 minutes.
• Drain; stir raisins into bread mixture. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a slotted spoon, transfer bread to buttered dish; pour liquid in bowl over top. Using spoon, turn top layer of bread crust side up.
• Set dish in a roasting pan; transfer to oven. Pour boiling water into pan to reach about halfway up sides of dish. Bake until golden brown, about 50 minutes. Let dish cool on a rack 10 to 20 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk and butter over medium heat until butter is melted and milk is hot.
• In large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir in bread cubes and raisins. Stir in milk mixture. Pour into ungreased deep round pan.
• Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Serve warm with whipping cream.

BEST EVER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together the first 10 ingredients until blended. Gently stir in bread. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. or 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar; let stand until bread is softened, about 15 minutes. Bake until puffed and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes., Meanwhile, for sauce, melt butter in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar; stir until dissolved. Gradually stir in cream. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thickened, 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add vanilla, sea salt and baking soda, stirring well. Serve sauce with warm bread pudding.

MOTHER'S RESTAURANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, break bread into small pieces by hand.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk eggs and pour over broken bread.
• Add fruit cocktail to bread and mix by hand.
• In a 6-quart saucepot on medium high heat, combine milk, cream, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract and butter and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and pour over bread mixture a little at a time careful not to scramble the egg mixture.
• Cover and let bread soak up the egg mixture thoroughly, approximately one hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• After an hour, check bread to make sure liquid is completely soaked into bread mixture.
• Mix by hand and break up any remaining hard bread pieces.
• Transfer bread pudding mixture into two 10 x 12 x 3 roasting pan 3/4 of the way to the top.
• Place in a 350 degree oven and bake until top is brown and center is cooked approximately 60 to 90 minutes.
• Be careful not to overcook.
• Serve hot and spoon bread pudding sauce over top (see recipe below).
• *SAUCE*In a 4-quart saucepot on medium heat, mix all ingredients together, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.
• Simmer until butter clarifies and alcohol reduces, approximately 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and spoon over bread pudding.
• Serve.

BREAD PUDDING II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Tear 500g white or wholemeal bread into a large mixing bowl and add 500g mixed dried fruit, 85g mixed peel and 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice.
• Pour in 600ml milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread.
• Add 2 beaten large eggs, 140g light muscovado sugar and zest of 1 lemon, if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base).
• Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara.
• Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.

MOM'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Put bread out on cookie sheets to get stale. Tear bread up and put in mixing bowl with milk and salt. Soak for 20 minutes. Combine eggs, sugar, vanilla,raisins and nutmeg. Beat together very well. Pour over bread mixture. Stir lightly. Cover tightly with foil and steam in a pan of water for about 45 minutes at 350. Serve with Brown sugar sauce. If you like it more brown can remove foil last 10 minutes of baking.
• 2. Brown sugar sauce-mix sugar and flour well. Add boiling water. Cook mixture until thick. Remove from heat and add marg. and vanilla.

MOM'S OLD FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Scald milk with butter; set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl place torn bread pieces, sprinkle with as much cinnamon as you like. Sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp salt and 2 eggs (slightly beaten) over cinnamon sugar bread pieces. Mix gently.
• Pour cooled scalded milk and butter over the bread mixture and add any optional items before pouring into greased loaf pan. Mixture should fill the bread pan.
• Place the loaf pan in a large baking pan and fill with 1" of water (called a water bath).
• Bread pudding is done when a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Oven temps may vary and so would the baking time.
• Slice into 1" slices and serve warm. top with a dollop of the Hard Sauce(see below).
• May be warmed in microwave for leftovers.
• Hard Sauce recipe:.
• Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and then vanilla until all mixed.
• Spoon a dollop on a slice of warm bread pudding. Mmm--enjoy!

MOM'S THANKSGIVING BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 2-quart casserole or baking dish.
• Spread bread slices with butter, then use a sharp knife to cut each slice into 4 squares.
• Arrange 1/2 of the bread squares in the bottom of the prepared casserole. Sprinkle with raisins and 1/2 of the cinnamon. Cover with remaining bread and cinnamon.
• Heat milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat just until a film forms over the top, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and add sugar; stir until dissolved.
• Pour some of the hot milk into the beaten eggs, whisking quickly to avoid scrambling the eggs. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and whisk until smooth and thoroughly combined. Stir in vanilla and pour mixture over the bread.
• Set the casserole in a pan and fill with 1 inch hot water. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Serve warm.