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      Title: Bill's Basic Bread Pudding
 Categories: Dessert, Pudding, Bread, Milk, Egg
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      3 ea Slices stale bread
      1 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
    1/4 ts Salt
  2 1/2 c  Milk
      2 tb Butter
      3    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  It is best to use a Hearty Bread for this recipe.  Breads such as "Wonder
  Bread" do not work as well.
  
  Cut bread into cubes, or roughly tear apart into chunks.  Put Bread into
  bowl.  In a blender, or by hand, mix Eggs, Milk, Sugar, Salt, Vanilla and
  Nutmeg.  Pour over bread cubes and let soak at least one hour, or covered
  overnight in the refrigerator
  
  Pour all into a 3 quart liberally buttered oven proof casserole dish.  (If
  any butter is left after buttering the casserole, place it in the bottom of
  the casserole before pouring in remaining ingredients.  Place casserole in
  a pan of very hot water to come about 2/3 way up the casserole dish.  Bake
  in a pre-heated oven at 325 degrees until done, about 30-40 minutes.
  Pudding will raise like a Souffle, then collapse when removed from the
  oven.  Serve warm or cold with or without your favorite "sauce" or Whipped
  Cream.
  
  NOTE:
  
  There should be enough bread to fill the casserole dish 2/3 full.  The
  Milk/Egg mixture should come to about 1 inch above the bread mixture in the
  dish.
  
  This recipe is basically a loose custard with bread in it.  Some recipes
  call for much more bread with the resulting pudding having the consistency
  of Meatloaf which can then be "sliced".
  
  This is a very Basic recipe.  In my database there are currently over 175
  recipes alone for Pudding containing Bread.
  
  Here are some alternate suggestions I have tried:
  
  1 - Butter the slices of Bread before breaking into pieces.
  2 - Cover the slices of Bread with Three Fruit Marmalade before breaking
      into pieces.
  3 - Add the Zest of one Lemon, diced very finely
  4 - Soak Raisins in Grand Marnier and add to Bread and mix before covering
      with Milk/Egg mixture.
  5 - Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon over bread and mix before covering with
      Milk/Egg mixture.
  6 - Use Cinnamon Raisin Bread
  7 - Substitue Half & Half for Milk
  8 - Do all of the above.
  
  Don't be afraid to be creative.  Enjoix !!
  
  Entered for you by:  Bill Webster June 12, 1997
 
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