Bread Pudding With Raisins

Bread Pudding With Raisins

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Prep10 min
Cook1 hr
Total1 hr 10 min
Servings6
Difficultyeasy
Dessert

Ingredients

  • 3 slicesday-old white bread cubed
  • 0.5 cupraisins
  • 2 cupfat-free milk
  • 2lrg eggs slightly beaten
  • 2 tbspsugar
  • 1 teaspoonground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
  • 0.25 teaspoonsalt

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 1 1/2-quart baking dish with nonstick pan spray.

  2. 2

    Mix the bread cubes and raisins in the prepared dish.

  3. 3

    Combine the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl; pour the mixture over the bread and raisins; stir to blend.

  4. 4

    Set the filled baking dish in a shallow pan on the middle rack of the oven. Pour hot water into the shallow pan to a depth of 1 inch around the baking dish. This creates a water bath to cook the pudding slowly.

  5. 5

    Bake 45 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the pudding comes out clean. Remove the pan from the water bath and serve warm or chilled.

  6. 6

    This recipe yields 6 servings.

  7. 7

    Serving size: 1/2 cup.

  8. 8

    Comments: A classic English dessert, bread pudding will never go out of style. Stale or dry bread is best to use, since its moisture has evaporated, allowing the flavored custard to saturate the bread more easily.