Bread and Butter Pudding

Ingredients 

• Bread 
• Butter 
• Citron 
• Raisins
• Sweetmeats
• Fruit
• 6 eggs
• 1 pint of milk
• Salt
• Nutmeg 
• Rose Water 

Directions 

Cut bread in thin slices.

Butter the slices and place a layer into a well buttered dish.

Strew citron and raisins, or sweetmeats over the layer of bread.

Lay another layer of sliced bread.

Add fruit on top of the second layer of bread.

Repeating steps two through five until dish is filled.

Beat 6 eggs with the 1 pint of milk, a little salt, nutmeg, and a spoonful of rose water.

Sweeten to the taste.

Pour over the bread.

Let it soak for one to two hours before baking.

Bake for thirty minutes. 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Hannah Aycock
Louisiana Anthology
July 22, 2019