Old Fashioned Bread Pudding Recipe

A square slice of warm old-fashioned bread pudding with raisins, drizzled with a butterscotch sauce, served on a white plate in front of a white baking dish on a red and white checkered cloth.

5 from 1 vote

Old Fashioned Bread Pudding Recipe

This is mom's bread pudding recipe, straight off the card she wrote when she was 16 and it's become a long time family favorite. It's simple, it's custardy, and it doesn't need a water bath to turn out right.

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 348kcal

Author Shelby Law Ruttan

Equipment

1.5 quart baking dish
Heavy saucepan

Ingredients

4 cups day old bread cubes
2 cups whole milk
4 tablespoons butter
½ cup light or dark brown sugar
2 large eggs , slightly beaten
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or nutmeg
½ cup raisins

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉. Coat a 1½ quart baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
Place bread cubes in baking dish.
In a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat milk until almost boiling. Remove from heat. Add butter and salt and allow butter to melt.
Add sugar, salt, cinnamon or nutmeg to butter mixture, stirring to combine.
Pour liquid over bread cubes, add raisins, and stir to combine.
Place baking dish in oven and bake until a knife inserted 1" from the edge comes out clean.

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