Johns Simple Bread Pudding Recipes

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Whisk together eggs, whipping cream, milk, salt, sugar, and vanilla.
• Stir in bread cubes and raisins.
• Turn into greased 9x9 inch pan.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake 350 degrees F.
• for about 30 minutes.
• Serve with brown sugar sauce or lemon sauce.
• Brown Sugar Sauce: In saucepan, work together flour and butter.
• Add brown sugar.
• Stir.
• Gradually add boiling water.
• Stir until smooth.
• Boil until thick.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla, serve warm.
• Lemon Sauce: Combine sugar, starch, and salt.
• Gradually add boiling water.
• Stir until smooth.
• Cook over low heat until thick and clear.
• Remove from heat.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Serve warm.

SIMPLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan over low heat, warm milk, butter, vanilla, sugar and salt. Continue cooking just until butter melts; cool. Meanwhile, butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread.
• Add eggs to cooled milk mixture and whisk; pour mixture over bread. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.

EASY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a greased 9x9 inch baking dish.
• Combine remaining ingredients.
• Pour over bread cubes.
• Place in oven and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife comes out clean.

CARAMEL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk eggs until combined. Whisk in milk, cream, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla bean, salt, and rum. Add bread and let soak 45 minutes to 1 hour, pushing bread down occasionally until most of liquid has been absorbed.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan over high heat, stir together remaining 1 cup sugar, vinegar, and 1/2 cup water until sugar has dissolved. Cook, without stirring, until sugar is dark amber in color, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and carefully add 1/4 cup water (mixture will sputter); swirl pot until combined.
• Working quickly, pour caramel into a 9-inch round baking pan, carefully rotating the pan so caramel covers the bottom and some of the sides; set aside until cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put a kettle of water on to boil. Rub cooled pan with butter and spoon in bread mixture packing bread tightly to fit. Cover with a parchment round.
• Place pan in a roasting pan and pour hot water to come halfway up the side of the pan. Bake 1 1/4 hours or until a knife inserted in the center comes out barely clean. Do not overbake. Let stand 5 minutes then run a metal spatula around the edges and invert the pudding onto a large rimmed plate.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Tear 500g white or wholemeal bread into a large mixing bowl and add 500g mixed dried fruit, 85g mixed peel and 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice.
• Pour in 600ml milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread.
• Add 2 beaten large eggs, 140g light muscovado sugar and zest of 1 lemon, if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base).
• Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara.
• Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.

THE BEST BLUEBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Vigorously whisk eggs, egg yolks, salt, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a large bowl until mixture turns light and frothy, about 1 minute. Add vanilla, cinnamon, lemon zest, milk, and cream; whisk to combine. Toss in bread slices and press down until they start to soften and are submerged. Let sit, pressing down occasionally with a spatula, until custard has been absorbed, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Brush 2 tablespoons melted butter in the bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Grab a few intact bread slices from the top of the bowl if possible and set aside. Transfer 1/2 of the remaining soaked bread into the prepared baking dish. Don't worry if it's falling apart, it should be; if not, break it up into pieces. Add blueberries and spread with your fingers to press them down into the bread. Add remaining bread pieces in an even layer, then top with the reserved slices. Pour any remaining custard batter over top and brush with remaining melted butter.
• Transfer bread pudding onto a baking sheet and place in the center of the preheated oven. Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 1 hour. Let sit for at least 20 to 30 minutes before serving.
• Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.

JOHN'S SIMPLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F.
• 2. Break up the bread slices into a buttered 8x8 oven proof baking dish.
• 3. Drizzle the bread pieces with the melted butter.
• 4. In a bowl, mix the eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon & vanilla.
• 5. Pour over the bread, sinking the bread pieces to make sure they soak up the liquid. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon sugar mix.
• 6. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve when cooled, but still slightly warm.