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#WeekendDish: Old-fashioned bread pudding

By Catherine Toth Fox • March 10, 2015 • Musings

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I love recipes that allow me to clean out my fridge, freezer and kitchen cabinets — and bread pudding is perfect for that.

All the bread that’s about to mold over, all the raisins sitting in the pantry, all the milk that’s about to expire — throw it in a pan and bake it with butter! There’s nothing better than that!

So I made it the other day, after frantically cleaning out the freezer — is there any way to clean out the freezer? — and pulling everything out of the kitchen pantry.

Then I had another idea.

Why not bake it in a cupcake pan?

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Not only are they ready in individual servings, but if you like edges — and I love edges! — every piece has ’em.

So that’s what I did.

And after I posted a photo of it on Instagram, I got a dozen requests for the recipe. So here it is!

(If you don’t want to use a cupcake pan, this recipe calls for an 8-by-8-inch pan. You can double it for a 9×3 pan instead.)

Happy baking — and cleaning!

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Here’s the recipe:

Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

2 c. milk (whole milk, if possible)
5 c. bread, cubed
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 to 3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2-1 tsp cinnamon (or more, if desired)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. raisins (if desired)
3 T. butter (or more, if desired)

Directions:

Heat oven to 350ºF. Heat milk and butter over medium heat until butter is melted and milk is hot. In large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir in bread cubes and raisins. Stir in milk mixture. Pour into greased 8×8 pan — or a cupcake pan!

Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Serve with ice cream.

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4 Comments

  • Reply Dennis March 15, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    Thanks for the recipe and this blog! Have a great week!!

    • Reply Catherine Toth March 18, 2015 at 12:21 pm

      Let me know if you try it!

  • Reply Robyn April 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm

    I was just wondering… what kind of bread? Any particular type? I’ve always wanted to try making bread pudding – as it’s the husby’s favorite dessert.

    • Reply Catherine Toth Fox April 13, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      I use whatever bread I have. I’ve heard that French bread works the best. But honestly, I’ve used everything from whole wheat bread to hamburger buns to cinnamon rolls!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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