Nana’s Bread Pudding

Ingredients

Bread Pudding

• 10 slices bread, cubed (or 1 loaf of stale French bread)
• 1¹⁄₂ cups butter, melted
• 6 eggs
• 4 cups milk
• 2 cups sugar
• ¹⁄₂ tsp cinnamon
• ¹⁄₂ tsp nutmeg

Sauce

• ¹⁄₂ cup butter, melted
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• ¹⁄₂ tsp lemon juice
• ¹⁄₂ tsp vanilla

Directions

Bread Pudding

1. Toss bread with butter.
2. Blend sugar, eggs, milk, sugar, nutmeg.
3. Pour over bread in 9" x 13" pan.
4. Let mixture soak in until bread puffs up.
5. Bake at 300° in water bath for 1 hour or until an inserted knife comes out clean.

Sauce

1. Mix ingredients
2. Cook on low until it’s blended.
3. Pour over servings of the bread pudding.

Source — Vivian Magee

Prepared by Bruce R. Magee

Louisiana Anthology

July 28, 2019