Bread Pudding
An easy vegetarian built around stale white bread and raisins — roughly 60 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 6 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) and grease a medium baking dish with a little of the butter.
- Cut or tear the bread into bite-sized cubes, place them in the dish, scatter the raisins over the top, and dot with the remaining butter cut into small pieces.
- In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt until smooth, then whisk in the milk to form a custard.
- Pour the custard evenly over the bread, pressing the cubes down gently so they all soak, and let it stand for about 15 minutes until the bread has absorbed the liquid.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 40 to 45 minutes until the top is golden and set and a knife inserted near the centre comes out clean, indicating the egg custard has reached a safe set.
- Let the pudding rest for about 10 minutes so it firms up, then serve warm on its own or with a drizzle of cream.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Baking dish
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
Tips & common questions
How long does Bread Pudding take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 9 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Bread Pudding vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Bread Pudding is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Rew13c05-745a Bread Pudding.JPG by Roly Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.