Sure Winner Bread Pudding

Name: Sure Winner Bread Pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 7 slices of slightly stale raisin bread, thick slices; 1/4 cup softened butter; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 3 eggs; 4 cups homogenized milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, chopped apricots, dried cranberries are all good) (optional)

Submitted by Janice Gill

"On a recent Holland-American cruise, old-fashioned bread pudding was one of the staples of the dessert buffet. It was much more popular than other exotic offerings.. This is my approximation of their recipe."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

7 slices of slightly stale raisin bread, thick slices
¹⁄₄ cup softened butter
¹⁄₄ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₄ cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
4 cups homogenized milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¹⁄₂ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup dried fruit (raisins, chopped apricots, dried cranberries are all good) (optional)

directions

Lavishly butter the bread slices on one side and cut in half.
Layer the bread, butter side down, in an ungreased baking dish sprinkling the dried fruit between layers (if using) Combine eggs and sugars and beat, gradually adding milk.
Stir in vanilla, nutmeg and salt.
Pour over the bread placing a plate on top to prevent the bread from floating.
Cover and let stand in the refrigerator for several hours.
Bake, covered, in 350 F oven for 1/2 hour and then uncover and bake 1/2 hour longer.
Serve warm with any fruit sauce or vanilla ice cream.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Janice Gill

River John, NS

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My husband and I are retired and live in a beautiful little village by the sea. For a number of years I was the food commentator for the Montreal English-language Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's noonday show I operated a cooking school in Montreal and have published two cookbooks, "Downhome Nova Scotia Cooking and The Great Canadian Bread Book which was also translated into French as "Faire Son Pain Soi-Meme. In summer we sail a 30-foot sloop in the beautiful waters off northern Nova Scotia. I love cats.

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