clint's bread pudding made with french bread

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86 Pinches
blanchard, LA
Updated on Dec 29, 2010

I showed my grand-son, Clint, how to make this--- now he loves cooking it for his " Granny"!

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Ingredients

  • 8 ounces french bread, dense, stale
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup cherries or raisins
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups milk, heated
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

How To Make clint's bread pudding made with french bread

  • Step 1
    Slice bread 1/2 inch thick.
  • Step 2
    Butter 1 side of each slice.
  • Step 3
    Butter1 1/2 quart shallow baking dish.
  • Step 4
    Arrange one half the bread, buttered side up, in single layer in dish.
  • Step 5
    Sprinkle with cherries or raisins.
  • Step 6
    Top with another layer of bread slices.
  • Step 7
    Whisk eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla and almond extracts and salt in bowl.
  • Step 8
    Whisk in hot milk.
  • Step 9
    Pour custard over bread.
  • Step 10
    Press bread into custard and let stand 30 minutes.
  • Step 11
    Press again.
  • Step 12
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Step 13
    Place baking dish in larger baking pan.
  • Step 14
    Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon in bowl.
  • Step 15
    Sprinkle over pudding. Pour boiling water in large pan halfway up side of dish. Bake 45 to 50 minutes until golden.
  • Step 16
    Pour boiling water in large pan halfway up side of dish.
  • Step 17
    Bake 45 to 50 minutes until golden.
  • Step 18
    TOP WITH CARMEL SAUCE.

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