Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 9 cups bread, cut into bite sized pieces
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 4 cups light cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
• 2 lightly grease with butter a 9 x 13 inch heatproof baking dish.
• 3 place the 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish into a larger roasting pan that has enough room to fill with water.
• 4 with a hand mixer, beat the eggs and sugar on high speed until thick and lemon colored
• 5 add the vanilla and cinnamon.
• 6 then beat in the melted and cooled butter and light cream.
• 7 place the bread cubes in the greased pan.
• 8 carefully pour the custard over the bread cubes until completely covered. if need be press down the bread cubes so they are covered with the custard.
• 9 into the second pan, carefully pour in enough hot water so that the water is halfway up sides of the 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• 10 bake about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 11 remove the bread pudding from the water bath and cool slightly before serving.
• 12 can be served warm or cold with a dusting of confectioners' sugar and a dollop of softly whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.