Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding (+Video)

Square image of Old Fashioned Bread Pudding slice with sauce and raisins.

Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding (+Video)

A classic recipe, this Old Fashioned Bread Pudding is easily made with chunks of French bread coated in a deliciously spiced custard! Perfect for a dessert, breakfast or brunch!

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Bread Pudding, Bread Pudding Recipe, Old Fashioned Bread Pudding, Old Fashioned Bread Pudding Recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 564kcal

Author Brandie @ The Country Cook

Ingredients

½ cup salted butter
1 long loaf of French Bread
1 cup raisins
4 cups milk
4 large eggs
2 cups granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
½ cup dark rum or whisky (can use rum extract or skip it altogether)

Glaze:

½ cup salted butter, melted and cooled
2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 2-quart casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
Cut or rip the french loaf into bite size pieces.
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the 1/2 cup of butter and brown the bread. The bread should absorb all of the butter in the pan. Stir continuously.
When all the butter is absorbed, pour the bread into a 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle the raisins evenly over the bread.
In a large bowl mix the milk, eggs, sugar, extract, and rum.
Pour over the bread and raisins in the casserole dish.
Bake for 1 hour, checking at the 40 minute mark. The casserole is done when the liquid is set, top has browned, and is pulling away from the sides of the casserole dish.
To make the glaze, combine ingredients with a whisk and pour over the warm bread pudding. Then serve.

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Notes

The glaze can be poured over the whole dish or over each individual slice.
You can leave out the alcohol and replace with 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract and 1 Tablespoon rum extract.
Various breads can be used for this such as french (like we used) brioche, challah and texas toast.
This can be frozen, see tips above on how to do that.

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