Best Homemade Colonial Bread Pudding Mount Vernon Inn Recipes

BAKED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 1 1/2- to 2-quart baking dish. 2. In a saucepan, combine the half-and-half with the cinnamon sticks and lemon zest. Scald (bring just below the boil) over medium heat, whisking constantly. Do not let the milk boil. Remove from the heat, stir in the butter, and set aside to cool to room temperature. Stir occasionally. 3. Combine the breadcrumbs with the currants in a large bowl. Add the sugar, salt, nutmeg, and ginger and combine well. 4. When the milk has cooled, strain and discard the cinnamon sticks. Whisk in the eggs. Pour into the breadcrumb mixture, and combine thoroughly. 5. Pour into the prepared baking dish and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool to room temperature before serving. 6. Serve slices of the bread pudding with Boiled Custard or Fairy Butter, if desired.

HOMEMADE COLONIAL BREAD PUDDING MOUNT VERNON INN

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, let the bread crumbs soak in the half-and-half for 6 minutes, stir in the sugar, the butter, the salt, the nutmeg, the cinnamon, the eggs, the vanilla, and the raisins, and pour into a buttered 13 by 9 inch baking dish. 2. Put the dish in a larger baking pan, pour enough hot water into the pan to reach halfway up the sides of the dish, and bake the pudding in the middle of a preheated 350F oven for 1 hour, or until it is golden.

BREAD PUDDING II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.