Here’s a classic, comforting Grandma-style Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce—soft, warm, and rich, the kind of dessert made from simple pantry ingredients.
🍞 Grandma’s Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding
Ingredients
For the bread pudding:
- 6 cups day-old bread (cubed or torn)
- 2 cups milk
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
- ½ cup raisins (optional)
- 3 tbsp butter (melted)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Prep oven
Preheat to 175°C (350°F) and grease a baking dish. - Soak the bread
Place bread in a large bowl. Warm milk slightly and pour over bread. Let it soak for 10–15 minutes. - Mix the custard
In another bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. - Combine
Stir egg mixture into soaked bread. Add raisins if using. - Bake
Pour into baking dish, drizzle melted butter on top. Bake for 40–50 minutes, until golden and set in the center.
🍮 Vanilla Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup heavy cream or milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Stir in sugar and cream.
- Simmer gently for 2–3 minutes until smooth.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla.
🍽️ To serve
Pour warm vanilla sauce over warm bread pudding. It should be soft, custardy, and slightly crisp on top.
🥄 What makes it “old-fashioned”
- Uses stale bread instead of waste
- Simple spices (cinnamon, nutmeg)
- Rich, buttery vanilla sauce poured on top
- No fancy ingredients—just comfort food logic
If you want, I can also give you a cinnamon-raisin version, caramel sauce version, or a restaurant-style baked custard upgrade.
