Bread Pudding

I hate wasting food. Whenever my bread looks like it is starting to get stale, I stick it in the freezer with a plan to make bread pudding. Yesterday, my boyfriend and I were filling the freezer with goodies from Omaha Steaks, and my boyfriend exclaims, “Why do we have five little bags of old bread in here?!” I decided it was time to make that pudding.

This is the recipe I use, tweaked from AllRecipes.com

Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 6 slices day-old bread
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

The apartment smelled amazing when this was cooking. I decided to serve it with Cinnamon Gelato to make it extra indulgent….I love comfort food.