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Classic Bread & Butter Pudding

Jacqui Farbrace
This Bread & Butter Pudding is a classic heart warming dish which will hug you.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Deep oven proof dish

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Slices Bread Bread that is not so fresh is ideal
  • Butter or dairy spread
  • 1 Pint Milk You can do 3/4 pint milk and 1/4 pint cream for a more luxury pudding
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 3 Handfuls Raisins
  • Granulated sugar
  • 1 handful Flaked Almonds Optional

Instructions
 

  • Pre heat the oven to Gas 3 / 170c
  • Butter the bread thickly and cut into squares or triangles.
  • Place a layer in a deep oven proof dish, over the bottom and around the sides butter side up
  • Sprinkle with sugar and the scatter some raisins over the top
    Continue to layer, overlapping the bread until you have filled the dish
  • Beat the eggs, milk and vanilla essence together and pour over the bread. Make sure all the bread is covered. Leave for about 30mins to allow the bread to soak up the milk.
  • If using the almonds, scatter over the top and place in a pre-heated oven for 45-60 mins until the mixture is set and the bread has puffed up.
Keyword Bread, Butter, Classic, eggs, milk, Pudding, Raisins, Traditional