Sunday, March 19, 2017

Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding is a rich, heavy cake or pudding made from pieces of bread soaked in milk and baked with eggs, sugar, dried fruit, and spices, can be eaten hot or cold.


Ingredients:
          5 - 6 cups of bread cubes (cut into bite sized pieces)
          4 large Eggs
          ½ tsp pure Vanilla extract
          ½ tsp ground Cinnamon (optional)
          5 tbsp Butter (unsalted, melted)
          1 cup Milk
          ½ cup Sugar
          ½ cup Cream
          ½ dried fruit (optional)


Method:
          Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. 
          First lightly grease the baking dish with butter.
          Place the bread cubes and dried fruits in the baking dish. 
          Now with an electric mixer (or you can use hand mixer), beat the Eggs and Sugar until thick.
          Now add the vanilla extract, and cinnamon, melted butter, milk and cream. Beat them again for about 3 to 5 min.
          Then carefully pour prepared creamy mixture over the bread cubes until completely covered. Press down the bread cubes so they get covered. 

          Now prepare a water bath for baking dish. (To prepare a water bath for baking, put your filled baking dish in a larger baking pan and add enough boiling-hot water to the large pan so as the water reach halfway up the side of the smaller pan.)
          And bake for about 1hr (inserted a toothpick in the center of it and if it comes out clean, it means it is done).
          Remove the Bread Pudding from the water bath.
           You can serve it warm or cold with a dusting of confectioners' sugar. Or after cooling, you can decorate with whipped cream.

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Cook Tip Tip A water bath is simply a pan of hot water placed in the oven, and using this method has benefits in baking. Like, a water bath adds moisture to the oven and this is important for baking foods like cheesecakes, which tend to crack from the heat of the oven, or custards, which can become rubbery without moisture .