Southern Bread Pudding

baking dish of bread pudding with raisins.

4.88 from 8 votes

Southern Bread pudding with white bread and raisins is a simple and foolproof Southern bread pudding dessert that will remind you of how grandma used to make it. Perfect warm out of the oven, you can use left over bread to spoon up this cinnamon, raisin and sugary fall favorite. Although not diet friendly, its worth every last bite to break the fast!

Prep Time30

Cook Time40

Total Time1 10

Course: Dessert Recipes

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 429kcal

Author: Trisha Haas - Salty Side Dish

Ingredients

6 slices white bread
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup raisins
4 eggs
2 cups whipping cream
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set baking dish aside.
Cut bread into 1" cubes with a bread knife. Place cubed bread into prepared dish.
Drizzle top of the bread with melted butter and sprinkle with raisins.
In a separate mixing bowl, crack eggs and whisk.
Stir in heavy whipping cream, granulated white sugar, ground cinnamon and vanilla extract. Mix all ingredients well.
Pour egg mixture over bread and let sit at room temperature for 10-30 minutes allowing the egg to soak into the bread.
Bake bread pudding for 35-40 minute. Watch oven and check around the 35 min mark, once the knife comes out clean, bread is done. Top should be golden brown and the sides of the bread pudding will start to pull from baking dish.
Serves 6-8

Notes

Can bread pudding be made ahead?

Absolutely! Just assemble and place baking dish into the fridge. Remove from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before baking and bring the dish to room temperature.

Just note that as you soak the bread, the bread softens up more and more, and it turns more into custard versus holding a bread cubed shape. This is more of a personal preference.

Stale Bread vs. Fresh Bread

Stale bread gives less and can retain shape when the egg mixture is dumped. Fresh pieces of bread soak up the custard quicker and become softer. Either way tastes great.

How to store Bread Pudding

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.

How to make stale bread

Prefer to use stiffer stale bread? Stale bread can be made by putting fresh bread in the oven for about 5 minutes on 350, adding to a very light toaster oven, or simply leaving it out on the counter exposed to air for a day.

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