Whole Wheat Bread Pudding

Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
· ¾ cup butter
· 20 slices of bread
· 1 ½ cups sugar + 2 Tbs.
· ½ tsp. cinnamon
· ½ tsp nutmeg
· 1 Tbs. vanilla
· ¼ tsp salt
· 6 cups milk
· ¾ cup raisins (or nutmeats)

I love a good bread pudding and have been looking for a recipe that could use all my left-over whole wheat bread that’s heavier and had a strong enough flavor with a great taste. You can use the complex high fibrous breads or even fancy breads with this recipe.
Note, below: Cut back on the spices (1/2 to ¼) if necessary or if you don’t like cinnamon i.e. on the quick bread pudding recipe. This quick bread recipe is a mocked pumpkin pie recipe as presented. We need to cut back on sugar and I felt the original recipe had too much sugar. It’s a good idea for all older recipes. I collect the recipes that are simple, proven classic and cheaper!
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1. Preheat oven broiler. Butter one side of each slice of bread and place buttered side up under broiler and toast – watch carefully. Cool on wire rack. Cut bread into triangles and arrange in two 8x8 inch pans. Sprinkle with 2 Tbs. sugar and set aside.
In a large bowl beat eggs, remaining sugar, spices salt and vanilla until smooth, about 3 minutes. Scald milk and with mixer on low add the milk in a steady stream.
When blended, add raisins pour over bread, allowing time for the brad to soak up milk mixture. (Better over night in fridge) Bake in hot water bath for 40+ minutes at 400 degrees. It should puff up and absorbs all the liquids.
How long depends on the depth and length of baking pan. If using w/w bread cover except for the last 5-10 min. when baking. You want it brown because toasting the bread give the topping a delightful crunch.
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Quicker smaller amount... WW Bread Pudding
I am sometime in a hurry and use this quicker recipe of this. Method: I always half the above recipe to ¼ cup of butter, 10 slices of bread that I don’t toast, ¾ to 1 cup of sugar, 3 cups of milk, 4 eggs and ¼ cup of raisins & nuts, 1/4 tbs. cinnamon and, nutmeg 1/2 Tbs vanilla, 1/8 tsp salt. Everything else is the same measurement and directions in the recipe. Whisk in the 3 cup scalded milk (optional to scald) add to it all the other ingredients, including melting the butter into the mixture. Hold back on the eggs till milk mixture is cooled then beat in the eggs and pour all of it over the bread. Top or add in with raisins and nutmeats. Following the directions above, when the bread absorbs all the liquids (overnight in fridge) bake till it puffs up and has a dark brown crust. (Knife should also come out clean.)
Top with cool whip or a light frosting (with ½ whip cream (mix) then add to a bought cream cheese) making it a light frosting. It also good plain or use a vanilla ice cream.
The better more complex the whole wheat bread the healthier the recipe. Use non-hormonal organic milk...is a skinny and smart thing to do. Drugs, synthetic hormones are store in the fat. This bread will keep a long time refrigerated.

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