Made with pantry staple ingredients that are so much more than the sum of their parts, this Bread and Butter pudding recipe is the epitome of comfort food. If you're on the lookout for a simple dessert made without eggs, using items you probably already have on hand, try this recipe.
Grease a rectangular or round baking pan with some softened butter. You can also use medium to large ramekins for making the pudding.
Spread butter evenly on all the bread slices.
Slice them in small cubes, squares or rectangles.
Layered the bread buttered side up, in the greased baking tray.
Sprinkle the bottom layer with half of the raisins. Layer again with bread slices. Lastly again sprinkle the remaining raisins on top and set aside.
Now preheat your oven to 180° C/356° F for 15 minutes.
In another skillet or a sauce pan, mix milk, sugar and cornstarch very well with a wired whisk.
Keep the pan on a low heat and gently simmer this mixture, stirring often till the mixture thickens.
Make sure no lumps are formed. So you have to stir continuously.
Once the mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon, add vanilla extract, cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder. Mix to combine the flavoring evenly in the custard sauce.
Now pour this eggless custard over the bread layers.
Dot with some butter on top.
Sprinkle brown sugar evenly on the top layer.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180° C/356° F for 35 to 40 minstill the tooth pick or wooden skewer inserted in the center of the pudding comes out clean and the pudding is set.(Please check the notes section below for more details on baking time.)
The top layer will also get browned.
Once the Bread and Butter Pudding becomes warm or cools, slice and serve.
Notes
Baking Notes
Depending on the temperature in your oven and the size of your pan, the pudding might take less or more time than mentioned here.The temperature varies from oven to oven. So take your call and keep an eye.The benchmark is that the pudding should set firmly and a tooth pick inserted in the pudding should come out clean.If for some reason, the pudding is not set and still slightly runny, then continue to bake for some more time till it sets firmly.