This is the kind of comfort food dessert recipe that gets handed down through generations.It’s made of simple, everyday ingredients—bread, eggs, milk, sugar, butter, etc.—and it is impossible to mess up. So easy, and yet it tastes fantastic. The recipe below is for a classic version studded with raisins and flavored with vanilla with a rich vanilla sauce to drizzle over the top.
If you don’t have stale bread, don’t worry, you can use a fresh loaf. Just cut it up into cubes and spread the cubes on a baking sheet. Toast in a 300ºF for about minutes to dry it out. I sometimes like to use cinnamon bread instead of white bread for variety.
Southern Vanilla Bread Pudding
8 15 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes
For the pudding
2 cups whole milk
¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 (1-pound) stale old white bread or French bread, cut into cubes
1 cup raisins
For the sauce
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