Bread Pudding

Recipe from Pam Griffith

Ingredients:

• 8-10 slice bread, lightly toasted and cubed
• 1/3 cup raisins, optional
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 eggs, beaten
• dash salt
• 2 1/2 cups milk, scalded
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepare a 9 X 13 baking dish with butter or PAM
3. Place bread cubes in the baking dish and sprinkle with raisins, if using.
4. Blend sugars, cinnamon, eggs,  and salt with a mixer until well combined.  Slowly mix in scalded milk and vanilla.
5. Pour mixture over the bread cubes.  Allow bread cubes to soak up the mixture.
6. Place baking dish inside a roasting pan, place in oven and then fill with about 1 inch of hot water.
7. Bake for 65-70 minutes until a knife inserted halfway between edge and center comes out clean.
8. Carefully remove baking dish from oven.
9. Serve with vanilla sauce
10. Turn off oven and remove roasting pan with water from oven once cooled.