Bread and Butter Pudding

Name: Bread and Butter Pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 thick slices white bread, buttered; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups whole milk; 1 cup thickened cream; 3 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; pinch nutmeg; pinch cinnamon; 2 tbsp raisins or sultanas; demerara sugar for sprinkling; cream or custard to serve

Buttered bread baked in a vanilla custard — a comforting British classic. Letting the bread rest in the custard for a full 15 minutes before baking lets it properly soak up the liquid, giving the pudding its soft, custardy centre instead of a dry top layer.

Total time

60 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

8 thick sliceswhite bread, buttered

3eggs

1 1/2 cupswhole milk

1 cupthickened cream

3 tbspcaster sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

pinchnutmeg

pinchcinnamon

2 tbspraisins or sultanas

demerara sugarfor sprinkling

cream or custardto serve

Instructions

Arrange buttered bread in a greased baking dish, overlapping slightly. Scatter over raisins.

Whisk eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon together.

Pour custard over bread. Press down gently. Rest 15 minutes.

Sprinkle with demerara sugar.

Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes until puffed and golden on top. Serve warm with cream or custard.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

546

Protein

14.7g

Fat

31.6g

Carbs

51.7g

Fiber

5.3g

Sodium

403mg

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