Old Fashioned Bread Pudding Recipe

I hadn't had bread pudding for years until a couple of weeks ago when I made Bacon and Onion Roly Poly Pudding; which got me thinking about food we had when I was a kid. If you've never had bread pudding you haven't lived and have been missing out!

My nan used to make this and of course so did my mum. I'm not a one for cakes or puddings, but bread pudding is a glorious thing. Hot or cold, this is good stuff; proper old fashioned food. Oh and when it's cooking, your kitchen will smell amazing.

There's nothing fancy about bread pudding and certainly no cooking skills are needed. It's a great way of using up stale bread; in fact it works best with bread that's 2 or 3 days old.

Author: Jan Bennett

Old Fashioned Bread Pudding Recipe

Make this and your kitchen will smell amazing! There's nothing fancy about bread pudding and certainly no cooking skills are needed. It's a great way of using up stale bread; in fact it works best with bread that's 2 or 3 days old.

ingredients:

400g stale loaf of bread

285ml pint of milk

1 egg - free range of course

60g of soft brown sugar

340g mixed fruit

2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons mixed spice

115g melted butter

instructions

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees

Cut the crusts off of the bread and cut into small cubes and tip it into a mixing bowl.  Heat the milk till almost boiling and pour over bread; leave to soak for about 30 minutes.

Using your hands squish the bread between your fingers so there are no lumps.  Now beat in the egg. 

Add all the remaining ingredients except the butter.

Mix well then beat in the butter.

Pour into a greased 22cm (9 inch) square tin and bake for 1 – 1.1/4 hrs or springy to the touch.  You should be able to insert a skewer and it comes out clean.

Leave in the tin to cool a bit before turning out onto a wire rack.   Sprinkle a little sugar over the top and eat either hot or cold.

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