Pioneer Bread Pudding

From Yankee Magazine's Great New England Recipes

Bread Recipes | Puddings and Custards Recipes

Yield: Serves 6.

The hardest part of this simple dessert is waiting to eat it.

• 2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups bread cubes
• Ground nutmeg

Scald milk with butter and sugar. Beat eggs slightly and add salt. Gradually stir in the warm milk mixture and vanilla. Place bread cubes in a buttered casserole and pour the milk mixture over the bread. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Set the baking dish in a pan of warm water up to the level of the pudding. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

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