How to Make Old Fashioned Bread Pudding

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 °F (177 °C).

   Make sure the ingredients are well mixed, of course! , This mixture should almost (but not quite) cover the bread cubes, and will also be very close to the rim of the baking dish, so be careful when moving the mixture in the following steps!! , Don't using cold water, as it will be going into a hot oven shortly, and the temperature difference could potentially crack or break the large baking dish, spilling water everywhere.
   
   Instead, use hot or lukewarm water to reduce the chances of this happening to you. ,, The pudding should still not be set, and now you must take the smaller of the two baking dishes and put it back in the oven for another 30-35 minutes. , Allow it to cool before serving, then enjoy!
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   Step 2: Take about 1/2-2/3 of a loaf of bread (of your choosing

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   Step 3: of course

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   Step 4: though wheat bread works better than white bread

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   Step 5: as it stays together better)

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   Step 6: and cut it into 1-1 1/2 inch cubes.

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   Step 7: Grease a 2 quart baking dish (PAM spray is perfect for this

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   Step 8: just give the baking dish a good enough spray-down that you cover the inside in a nice

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   Step 9: thin film of grease/cooking spray).

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    Step 10: Place the bread cubes into your greased baking dish and set aside for now.

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    Step 11: In a large mixing bowl

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    Step 12: combine the milk and slightly-beaten eggs.

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    Step 13: Now stir in your sugar

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    Step 14: melted butter

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    Step 15: raisins

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    Step 16: and (optionally) lemon peel.

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    Step 17: Pour the mixture carefully over the bread cubes in your greased baking dish and sprinkle with nutmeg.

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    Step 18: Place the 2 quart baking dish into the larger one

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    Step 19: and fill the larger one up to about an inch with water (this helps keep the pudding from over-cooking on the outside while also working with the cooking spray to help keep the pudding from getting too sticky in the baking dish).

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    Step 20: Place the entire thing - 2 quart (the smaller of the two) baking dish inside larger one - into the oven and bake for 1 hour.

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    Step 21: When the timer goes off

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    Step 22: remove the baking dishes from the oven

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    Step 23: but leave the oven on.

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    Step 24: After this time

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    Step 25: the pudding should be done.

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