🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Cuisine

Bread and Butter Pudding

Prep Time 50 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Easy

Calories 386 kcal

Layers of buttered bread baked in rich vanilla custard with plump sultanas until golden on top and custardy beneath.

Ingredients

1 Butter each bread slice generously. Cut into triangles.
2 Layer bread triangles in a buttered baking dish, scattering sultanas between layers.
3 Whisk eggs, milk, cream, caster sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and lemon zest together.
4 Pour custard evenly over the bread. Press bread down gently. Let soak 15 min.
5 Sprinkle demerara sugar and nutmeg over the top.
6 Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 30-35 min until golden on top and just set. Serve warm with cream or custard.

Did You Know?

Bread and butter pudding was once considered "poor man's food" — now it appears on the menus of England's finest restaurants.