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Bread and Butter Pudding

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Bread and Butter Pudding

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Sprinkle with demerara sugar.

5

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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