Egg Custard Bread Pudding

Custard Bread Pudding
Diana Rattray
  • 55 mins
  • Prep: 10 mins,
  • Cook: 45 mins
  • Yield: Serves 6
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By Diana Rattray

Updated 12/08/17

Bread pudding has long been a favorite comfort food, and it's a fantastic way to use day-old bread. This bread pudding recipe tastes like a classic egg custard with dense, satisfying bread pudding texture. Add some raisins to the mixture if you'd like, or make it with currants or another kind of chopped dried fruit.

Feel free to change it up a bit with cinnamon instead of nutmeg. Cinnamon-swirl bread (with or without raisins) is another excellent option for the bread.

For a tempting dessert sauce, consider this vanilla sauce, this butterscotch sauce, or a brown sugar pecan sauce. Or simply drizzle some maple syrup or cane syrup over the pudding.

What You'll Need

  • 4 large eggs (slightly beaten)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar or granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups milk (warm)
  • 8 slices white bread (crusts removed if desired)
  • Dash nutmeg

How to Make It

  1. Whisk together the eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla; add the warm milk.
  2. Cut bread in half diagonally, forming triangles. Arrange 2 layers of bread slices in a lightly buttered 8-inch square baking dish.
  3. Pour the custard mixture over the bread.
  4. Place the 8-inch baking dish in a larger baking dish containing about 1/2 to 1 inch of very hot water.
  5. Bake at 325° for 40 to 50 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  1. Serve warm or cool with dessert sauce, syrup, or fruit.

Cinnamon Custard Bread Pudding Variation: Use cinnamon swirl bread and omit the nutmeg. Sprinkle the custard mixture with cinnamon sugar just before baking.

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Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
Calories 205
Total Fat 7 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Unsaturated Fat 2 g
Cholesterol 161 mg
Sodium 127 mg
Carbohydrates 25 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 9 g
(The nutrition information on our recipes is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. Individual results may vary.)