Dessert - bread pudding

Bread pudding recipes were developed when food was hard to come by. It is a way to make stale bread taste fine and dandy.

Ingredients
2 cups stale, but not dry, bread
1 quart milk
¼ tsp salt
2 eggs
½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla / ½ tsp cinnamon

Soak the bread in the milk until very soft, and then mash it fine. Heat til nearly boiling. Beat the eggs until light and add in the sugar, salt n vanilla. When well mixed, stir this into the bread and milk. Pour into an earthenware baking dish, set in a pan of water, and bake 45 minutes at 325 degrees.

1. For chocolate bread pudding, melt two squares of chocolate over hot water and add this to the soaked bread and milk.
2. For bread pudding with raisins, add one-half cup raisins.

You can add fruits, nuts, and even a drop or two of whiskey or other strong liqueur.
OR use cream instead of milk -Try old doughnuts or sweet rolls in place of the bread, but you may want to reduce the sugar amount at the same time -Bread pudding recipes can be made with just about any type of bread – wheat, French, or sourdough.