Last week we had ground beef four days. Friday and Saturday were to be non-ground beef days. Chad asked for chicken fried steak on Friday night so that’s what we had. Real close to ground beef if you ask me. And, guess what they asked for on Saturday!
Pizza! I almost choked. I had ground beef out for the meatballs (for Sunday) so I browned part of that to use on the pizza. Guess they haven’t noticed we’re having a ground meat marathon around here!
It’s ok though . . I made bread pudding with cream sauce!
Who cares what the main dish is when there’s bread pudding for dessert!
When I see sourdough or other dense bread marked down at the grocery store, I buy it. When I make hamburger buns, there’s usually one left over. When I make bread, there’s usually a slice or two left over on the old loaf. I either put the bread in the food processor and make bread crumbs or chop it into chunks for cornbread dressing or bread pudding. 4 cups of bread chunks is what I need for my cornbread dressing or bread pudding so I put it in bags, seal it and freeze it til needed. It’s so easy to make bread pudding when the bread is already in chunks. Here’s my favorite recipe for Bread Pudding:
4 cups cubed bread
1/2 c. raisins (I don’t like raisins so I don’t put them in)
2 cups milk
1/4. cup butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
Spread bread into a buttered baking dish. Combine milk, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Pour over bread. Allow the bread to soak up the liquid for a few minutes. Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes.
Vanilla Sauce
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. heavy cream
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Heat sugars, cream and butter til it simmers. Let it simmer for 4 or 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Serve warm over warm bread pudding.
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Oh, yummy! I LOVE bread pudding. I was making it too often this winter (the scale told me so, not DH), so I’ve cut back. I make it with raisin bread, as we both love raisins. Darn, now I’m hungry for it!
My husband loves LOVES bread pudding but I never knew how to make it. I am definately going to make this. It looks pretty easy and a good way to use up that leftover bread. Thanks, Judy.
Oh yum. My mom made the best bread pudding. Linda do you take the crust off? I’ve never made it myself, and I ‘m not sure about the crust.
Doesn’t sound to me like your family is suffering too much…..you’re not just slapping a plain old hamburger down in front of them every night. Maybe you could come cook for me………or adopt me or something…your meals always sound so good.
Judy, I’m not a fan of raisins either. However, when something calls for raisins, I’ll often use craisins (dried cranberries), dried cherries, or dried blueberries. Especially the dried wild blueberries seem like they’d be awesome in this bread pudding! Just a thought — if you add fruit, it makes it a health food, right?
I am a fan of raisins so I will definitely use that recipe!! Thank you Judy!!!! Oh and the Pizza looks so delicious!!
I’ve been making the artisan bread (using the book that you recommended), but there is never any leftover bread to cut up and store for the bread pudding. Of course, the last couple loaves have been smaller to reduce the amount of bread I am eating!!
My Uncle Joe used to always say that when he lived in Iowa, you couldn’t tell the raisins from the flies in the summer. I have never been able to add raisins since then. Your recipe sounds great – will have to make a batch soon.
Thanks for the bread pudding receipe !! My grandmother made it for me in her iron skillet. I do miss her and the pudding ! As soon as I get two working hands this will be the first thing I cook ! As for the milk, is it whole or reduced fat ? Thanks Judy !!
Did you save some for me? I’ll be right over! Where are the peaches???? And the Bluebell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream????
I thought cinnamon went into bread pudding???
I love your recipe. “This is in it, but I don’t use it”. I hate raisins too. Cracker Barrel has the best Bread Pudding I ever ate. Candied pecans, some carmel running through it! I have never found the recipe for it online anywhere.
Oh, and just so you know? I ain’t cleaning my house for tomorrow.
Just so you know.
Thank you for this recipe!!!!! I am going to try it. Especially the vanilla sauce!
Oh, I’m so happy you included the bread pudding recipe. We love it and Warren is always trying to find just the right recipe. (So far, he hasn’t found it, but we keep searching). This looks delicious and thanks for the tips about using leftover bread and freezing it.