Bread Pudding

Warm Bread Pudding

This time of year I think we are all looking for a little comfort. One of my favorite comfort foods is bread pudding. You don’t need and exact recipe and you can toss in extras like fresh or dried fruit, nuts, chocolate chips or toasted seeds. Spices add extra flavor, too. Have fun and be creative. For the recipe I made today I added extra raisins to a raisin Challah bread.

Bread Pudding

1 loaf Challah bread, cubed

4 eggs

2 c. milk- you can use regular milk, half and half or even a non- dairy milk. I used a mixture of almond milk and evaporated milk. You can even use a little fruit juice if that is what you like

1/4 c. sugar- or to taste. The almond milk I used was a little sweet so I cutback on sugar

2 t. vanilla

2 t. cinamomn

1/2 c. raisins

Place bread cubes in a large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over the bread cubes and toss until evenly coated. Place in a buttered casserole dish and bake, covered in a 350-degree oven for 25 minutes. Remove cover and bake another 15 minutes or so- until top browns up a little. Serves 6-8.