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Simple Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding

plate of bread pudding with raisins and a caramel sauce

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Ingredients

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  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 slices white bread, sliced in half or into strips
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Dash freshly grated nutmeg, optional
  • 1/2 cup raisins, optional

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 300 F. Generously butter a 1 1/2-quart baking dish.
  2. Put the milk in a saucepan and heat it over medium-low heat until hot—it should be steaming and beginning to bubble around the edges.
  3. While the milk is heating, combine the eggs, sugar, and salt in a bowl and whisk to blend.
  4. While whisking briskly, gradually add about 1/3 cup of the hot milk to the egg mixture. Whisk in the remaining hot milk and stir in the vanilla.
  5. Arrange the bread slices in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle raisins over the bread slices, if using, then pour the milk mixture over all.
  6. Bake the bread pudding in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center of the pudding comes out clean.
  7. Serve the bread pudding warm with a caramel sauce, syrup, or vanilla sauce.