Bread Pudding Recipe

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Bread Pudding
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Ingredients
11
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Nutrition
674
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 7 oz stale french bread
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 pinch salt

Directions:

  1. Cut bread into 1 inch cubes, place in ungreased 13x9-inch pan and either dry in warm oven for a couple of hours, toast lightly in 350°F oven (preferred), or toast in 350°F oven till light brown and dry.
  2. Chop or puree raisins.
  3. Sift or sieve sugar, spices and salt into a plastic bag and shake to mix.
  4. Heat milk, butter, eggs, yolks, raisins and sugar mixture in a sauce pan on low heat stirring constantly until butter's melted and sugar is dissolved, remove from heat if steam starts to appear.
  5. (You don't want to cook the eggs just yet!)
  6. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and immediately pour custard over dried bread.
  7. If desired strain mixture with a fine strainer to remove raisins and any egg chalazae.
  8. Mix and press down on bread to be sure it's all covered.
  9. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  10. Allow custard to soak into bread cubes until cooled (about an hour).
  11. Occasionally stirring to evenly distribute mixture.
  12. Can be refrigerated for up-to 12 hours at this point.
  13. Bake in 350°F oven for 50-60 minutes (top will be browned and pudding should start to rise out of the pan).
  14. -Variations-.
  15. Add a cup of toasted and chopped pecans or walnuts to custard.
  16. Replace 1/2 tbsp of the vanilla with another extract or liquor.
  17. Add some white, cinnamon or chocolate chips to custard.
  18. Replace 1/2 of the milk with heavy cream or 1/2 and 1/2 (makes it rich!).
  19. Use skim milk, delete butter, use whole wheat bread, reduce sugar to 1 cup, replace eggs/yolks with egg substitute for a healthy version .
  20. Add some dried apple or banana to custard.
  21. Use 1 cup of sugar and add 1/2 cup of maple syrup.
  22. Replace up-to half the sugar with brown sugar.
  23. Serve with bourbon sauce, whip cream, ice cream.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 674.14 Kcal (2822 kJ)
Calories from fat 278.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.91g 48%
Cholesterol 344.91mg 115%
Sodium 243.85mg 10%
Potassium 674.05mg 14%
Total Carbs 84.1g 28%
Sugars 64.56g 258%
Dietary Fiber 2.59g 10%
Protein 18.11g 36%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 2.3mg 13%
Calcium 374.6mg 37%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 152.97 Kcal (640 kJ)
Calories from fat 63.12 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.01g 48%
Cholesterol 78.26mg 115%
Sodium 55.33mg 10%
Potassium 152.95mg 14%
Total Carbs 19.08g 28%
Sugars 14.65g 258%
Dietary Fiber 0.59g 10%
Protein 4.11g 36%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 0.5mg 13%
Calcium 85mg 37%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.5
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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