Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding With Vanilla Sauce

Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding With Vanilla Sauce
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35 Reviews
Enjoy this old-fashioned bread pudding recipe as it warms your heart with memories.
15 min
Prep Time
60 min
Total Time
8 servings

Ingredients

Pudding

4 cups (8 slices)
cubed white bread
1/2 cup
raisins
2 cups
milk
1/4 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter
1/2 cup
sugar
2
large Land O Lakes® Eggs, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon
vanilla
1/2 teaspoon
ground nutmeg

Sauce

1/2 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter
1/2 cup
sugar
1/2 cup
firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup
Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream
1 tablespoon
vanilla

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Combine bread and raisins in bowl; set aside.
  3. Combine milk and 1/4 cup butter in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat 4-7 minutes or until butter is melted. Pour milk mixture over bread; let stand 10 minutes.
  4. Stir in all remaining pudding ingredients. Pour into greased 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake 40-50 minutes or until set in center.
  5. Combine all sauce ingredients except vanilla in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 5-8 minutes or until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil. Stir in vanilla carefully.
  6. Spoon warm pudding into individual dessert dishes; serve with sauce. Store refrigerated.

Recipe Tips

Nutrition Facts (1 serving)

Calories
460
Cholesterol
115mg
Carbohydrates
59g
Protein
6g
Fat
23g
Sodium
320mg
Dietary Fiber
1g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

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I made this for Christmas dessert last year, and it is fantastic! I have made it several times since as it is written. I have assembled it the night before and cooked it the next day. I also made the vanilla sauce the day before and just heated it up before serving. This year I am replacing the raisins with mini chocolate chips!

Posted December 23, 2016 by Joey

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I love this recipe and with a few changes it is perfect for me. I increase the raisins to 1 cup, decrease the sugar to 1/3 cup and add an additional egg................

Posted November 14, 2016 by Jackie

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This recipe is moist, and I'll make it again. I used Raisin Bread instead of plain, just added two more slices since they were small, added a handful of golden raisins and pecans. The vanilla sauce is yummy and plentiful.

Posted October 30, 2016 by Lynette L

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Amazing! I followed recipe exactly except omitted the raisins. Next time I will remove crusts and toast bread first to avoid soggy bread pudding.

Posted October 28, 2016 by Debbie

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One of the best recipes I've tried.Family loves it!

Posted October 22, 2016 by Beverly Seitz

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Delicious! I added some cognac to the vanilla sauce for an "adult" dessert ... was excellent. Leftover sauce was amazing over a good vanilla ice cream, too! This is a "keeper" !!

Posted July 16, 2016 by Linda H

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Super easy and delicious! I butter the casserole dish for extra flavor. The vanilla sauce is yummy but this also goes great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Posted June 20, 2016 by Martha

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I've made many bread pudding recipes. This is by far the best I have found in creaminess, sweetness and not to dense. The sauce is a wonderful accompaniment, but not necessary. Delicious overall!

Posted May 13, 2016 by Zingzang

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I used rum extract instead of vanilla and one half the amount of sauce was enough. Can use extra rich or half & half instead of heaving cream for the sauce. But the rum taste makes it. Also, for bread I used French white bread.

Posted July 24, 2015 by Redge

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YUM!, YUM! YUM! This bread pudding recipe was so delicious there was silence. Everyone was busy enjoying this delicious dessert. Thank you for making me the hit of our dinner! I already have requests for more.

Posted April 25, 2015 by Lisa

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Visiting my daughter and her husband, and he is always saying how much he loves bread pudding, so I made this for him, without the sauce, used whipped cream on top. Perfection. I could have eaten the whole thing, but I got two bites, he ate the whole thing and raved about it. I did add 3/4 cup sugar and they had no nutmeg, all I could find was Pumpkin Pie Spice and added about 1/2 tsp, and it was delicious! thank you for this recipe. I have tried others and they do not compare to this one! Love it, and so easy.

Posted April 20, 2015 by Karen

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Made pudding as instructed, but used lemon flavoring, butter, cool whip and butter for the sauce. Delicious!

Posted February 09, 2015 by Marie

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Never made bread pudding before and this was outstanding. I would add a little more mild next time because is was slightly drier than desired. The sauce is beyond delicious.,

Posted February 03, 2015 by Rosa

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I made this using "cinnamon bread" ... To fit my dish, I used 1.5 the recipe for the pudding, but doubled the sauce recipe (1.5 the sauce would have been fine, too!) Took it to "fellowship meal" and there were good comments, although many of the "younger folk" are not familiar with bread pudding! I will make it again, and pass on the recipe to those who have requested it! Thank you!

Posted January 25, 2015 by Kathy

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This sauce make any bread pudding better! Delicious!

Posted November 24, 2014 by Laney

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My family loves it...It's just like Mom used to make in the 50's. Perhaps the same recipe?... Does anyone know if it's alright to make everything the night before and cook it the next day?

Posted October 09, 2014 by Ed

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Banana Cream Cheese Bread Pudding Instead of 4 cups (8 slices) of bread, I used a whole loaf of Challah bread from the "day old" section at the bakery (about 10 cups). I increased the amount of milk to approximately 5 cups and the amount of butter to 1/2 cup (1 stick). In a separate bowl, I blended together 4 oz. cream cheese (softened), two-three ripe bananas, and the remaining ingredients (1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla--I omitted the nutmeg). I added the mixture to the softened bread, and then poured into a 9"x13" casserole dish. I baked it for 45 minutes at 350 degrees, as stated in the original recipe. Fun Tips: You can also use a bag of blueberry bagels to turn the bread pudding into a blueberry banana cream cheese treat! You can top with maple syrup to give it a breakfast flair!

Posted January 24, 2013 by Kelli Jo

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I swapped chopped dried apricots for the raisins and added pecans and cinnamon. SUPER YUMMY! I usually love really sweet stuff, but I was surprised at how much I liked the more subtle sweetness of this pudding. I know the sauce would be the perfect addition, but I was short on ingredients. I just went with some maple syrup...which was a good touch of extra sweetness to finish it off. Glad I found this recipe!

Posted November 28, 2012 by SuzEQ

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i love bread puddings all kind especcialy punpkin one, but this sounds good i will make it today my husband loves it to. thank you

Posted September 24, 2012 by marlene

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Wonderful!!! This is Always a request at my family get togethers!

Posted July 13, 2012 by April

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