A Classic Recipe for Old Fashioned Bread Pudding!
If I had a dollar for every time someone requests that I upload a bread pudding recipe, hunny I would be rich. I seriously have no excuse for why it has taken me this long to upload this Old Fashioned Bread Pudding recipe!
This recipe is beyond easy. You just need a few basic ingredients to make this yummy dessert, and it’s not time consuming whatsoever.
Old Fashioned Bread Pudding
This classic bread pudding recipe is so easy, there’s no excuse NOT to make it!
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Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of plain store bought bread
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 & 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup raisins optional
Drizzle
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Start by dicing up the bread. Cut the crusts off the bread slices and dice into medium-sized cubes.
- In a bowl, lightly beat two eggs. Then add in granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and melted butter. These are all your wet ingredients.
- Add your bread cubes to the wet ingredients and mix until the bread almost looks like oatmeal. it should be fully saturated with the wet ingredients.
- (Optional) Mix raisins into the bread pudding mixture.
- Pour the bread pudding batter into a greased baking dish.
- Bake the bread pudding in the oven at 350 degrees, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes.
- To make the glaze, simply mix together the sweetened condensed milk and a few splashes of vanilla extract.
- When the bread pudding is fully cooled down, drizzle the glaze over all over the bread pudding.
- Cut the bread pudding into squares, serve, and enjoy!
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Can you do a regular cheese cake
Yeah my Rosie m’y name is Ophelie I’m French and I’m sorry for my writing I have being here in America for about 3years.
For sure I like your recipes and I have made a lot of it.
I just have one question: is it possible to have more of healthy foodi really love your recipes and I want more of healthy food if you don’t mind and if it’s not tomuch to ask. Thanks Rosie for the good food. By the way I’m from France in Paris
Sure!! I have a ton of healthier recipes coming in 2015, so stay tuned 🙂
Thanks much I apreciat that I hope you undestood my English. Have a great night and marry Christmas and happy New year.
Yes I can
I really love you’re website and your recipes are to die for.My question for you is can you do more recipes from around the world like asian african middle eastern like moroccan and french.You would really help me by posting those type of recipes.
Thanks
Thank you Rosie for answering my request, will be making this for Christmas and will take pictures for you. I love all your recipe, you make cooking easy for your followers. Hugs and kisses my Head Chef, god as given you a great gift to share with the world.
I love your bread pudding is was on point.It was the best I have ever had . I have tried a few of your recipes and girl you can cook .You need to have your own cooking show I’d watch you everyday .Keep up the good work !!
I tried it and it turned out amazing
Recipe sounds great and can’t wait to try but you didn’t mention when to add in the buttermilk.
I fixed it. Thanks.
Look delicious and just like the bread pudding that I remember from my childhood. Since I’m all grown up now, I will be adding some rum to the glaze! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for coming by! XOXO
Hi Rosie, I am going to make the Krispy Kreme bread pudding. I am wondering if I could use a can of fruit cocktail in it.
You sure can 🙂
I love bread pudding. Can’t wait to try this
Thanks Rosie I had just enough vanilla flavor for the pudding so I used lemon juice with my drizzle it was great easy recipe with all my leftover holiday ingredients ! I gave your cook books to my sisters for Christmas they are loving them already your the best friend a crockpot ever had !
Just like my mom makes