Best Old Fashioned Southern Bread Pudding Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN BREAD PUDDING

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Excellent, satisfying, and smells delicious.

Provided by sal

Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Bread Pudding Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

3 cups day-old bread cubes
⅓ cup raisins
1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ cups milk
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 dash ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Spread bread cubes and raisins in a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Mix applesauce, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Pour mixture over bread.
Mix milk, sugar, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in another bowl and pour over bread. Sprinkle top with a dash of cinnamon.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 356 calories, Carbohydrate 67.9 g, Cholesterol 100.9 mg, Fat 5.8 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 9.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 321.8 mg, Sugar 48.3 g

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN BREAD PUDDING

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This recipe I got from my Dad he was an excellent cook. He would make bread pudding mostly in the Autumn and Winter for Sunday's dinner desert.

Provided by Cynthia Green

Categories Puddings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 c milk
1 c half and half
2 eggs
1 c suguar
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 c raisins
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/2 lb loaf of french bread (1 whole medium or 3/4ths an extra long loaf)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together the milk and half and half. Tear the French bread into small pieces and put into a large container for soaking. Pour the milk mixture all over the top. Let sit for about 10 minutes. Stir.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar and vanilla until well blended. Add the raisins. Pour over the bread and gently mix. Put the melted butter into a 9 x 9 inch baking dish and coat the dish all along the sides and bottom. Spoon the bread pudding mixture into the dish.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until bubbly on the sides, golden brown and set in the middle. Let cool for about 5 minutes before cutting into squares. Drizzle each serving with Whiskey Sauce.
4. WHISKEY SAUCE: 1 stick of unsalted butter, 1/4 c. of suguare, 1/2 c. of milk, 1 tbsp of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and a tablespoon of rum or rum flavoring or to taste (can omit). Melt butter in a saucepan and whisk all other ingredients in except the vanila and whiskey; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened. Remove from heat, add vanilla and whiskey, whisk and drizzle over individual servings of the warm bread pudding.