Custard Bread Pudding

Name: Custard Bread Pudding
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 tsp. vanilla; ¼ tsp. salt; 3 eggs; ½ c. sugar; 2⅔ c. milk; ¼ c. butter; ¼ tsp. cream of tartar; ¼ c. sugar; ⅛ tsp. ground nutmeg; ¼ tsp. vanilla; 3 c. (1″) day-old bread cubes, top crusts removed

Preparation info

Makes
6
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

An old-fashioned custard bread pudding that men always praise

Ingredients

2⅔ c. milk
¼ c. butter
3 eggs

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Scald milk; add butter and cool.
Add 3 egg yolks and 1 egg white to ½ c. sugar; beat to mix well. Add cooled milk, 1 tsp. vanilla, and salt
Place bread cubes in buttered 1½-qt. casserole. Pour egg-milk mixture over bread. Sprinkle nutmeg on top.
Set casserole in a pan containing at least 2" warm water. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 45 to 60 min