Sure Winner Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 7 slices of slightly stale raisin bread, thick slices
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 4 cups homogenized milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, chopped apricots, dried cranberries are all good) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 lavishly butter the bread slices on one side and cut in half.
• 2 layer the bread, butter side down, in an ungreased baking dish sprinkling the dried fruit between layers (if using) combine eggs and sugars and beat, gradually adding milk.
• 3 stir in vanilla, nutmeg and salt.
• 4 pour over the bread placing a plate on top to prevent the bread from floating.
• 5 cover and let stand in the refrigerator for several hours.
• 6 bake, covered, in 350 f oven for 1/2 hour and then uncover and bake 1/2 hour longer.
• 7 serve warm with any fruit sauce or vanilla ice cream.