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bread pudding with brown sugar topping in single serving bowl with milk

Homemade Bread Pudding

Claudia
Try our easy recipe for a basic homemade bread pudding made with a loaf of ordinary bread. It's great warm out of the oven or cold.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 9
Calories 348 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 loaf bread 16 ounces any kind you want
  • 5 tablespoons butter melted
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups milk any milk or cream you want
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup use the real stuff
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

If adding a topping

  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter sliced into 9 pieces

Instructions
 

Preparation for Cooking

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • You will need a 9 to 12 inch baking dish round, rectangular or square. Glass or ceramic is best. Don't use a metal pan if you have a choice. You don't need to grease the pan.
  • Cube your bread slices into 9 or 12 cubes per slice. You can stack up the slices to make it quicker. Use a serrated knife, a long bread knife if you have it.
  • Put the bread cubes in a big mixing bowl.

Mix wet ingredients together

  • Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave.
  • In a large glass measuring cup or a bowl that will hold about 3 cups, mix together the melted butter and brown sugar. Then mix in the milk, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix them all together well. Make sure everything is incorporated.

If you want to add the topping

  • Slice another 3 tablespoons butter into 9 slices and get about 1/4 cup of brown sugar ready.

Add the wet ingredients to the bread cubes

  • The bread will start soaking up the wet ingredients right away and the cubes will shrink down as the liquid is soaking in. Mix gently with a spatula or wooden spoon. You don't want the cubes to turn to mush. Mix until all the bread has been saturated and there are no more dry cubes.

Put in baking dish

  • Put the pudding in your baking dish. If you are using the topping (recommended) sprinkle the top with brown sugar and place sliced butter over the top.

Baking

  • Cover the baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  • Remove cover and bake for another 10 minutes.
  • Let the baked pudding rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.

Serving

  • You can serve warm just as it is or serve in a bowl with one or more of these: add milk to your bowl, maple syrup, whipped cream or ice cream. SO GOOD!

Notes

Nutritional information does not include the topping of brown sugar and butter or any of the goodies suggested to add to your serving such as ice cream or maple syrup.  

Nutrition

Calories: 348kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 12gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 541mgPotassium: 265mgFiber: 3gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 183IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 205mgIron: 3mg
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