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Delicious Bread Pudding

  • Serves: 4
  • Time required: 45 minutes
  • Origin: NYT Cooking

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 5-6 cups of cubed sweet egg bread loaf like challah or brioche, cut into 2-inch cubes
  • 2 eggs beaten

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a small saucepan over low heat, warm milk [2 cups], butter [2 tbsp], vanilla [1 tsp], sugar [1/3 cup], and salt [pinch]. Cook until butter melts. Cool.
  3. Butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread [5-6 cups].
  4. Add eggs to cooled milk mixture and whisk. Pour mixture over bread.
  5. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.