Plain Bread Pudding, Baked

Ingredients

• about a pint of stale bread
• a quart of boiling milk
• a piece of butter the size of a small egg
• a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• one of nutmeg grated
• half a cupful of sugar
• one quarter of a teaspoonful of soda
• four eggs

Method

1. 1

   Break up stale bread, pour boiling milk over it, add butter, cover, and let cool.

2. 2

   Mash until fine, add spices, sugar, and dissolved soda.

3. 3

   Beat eggs and add last.

4. 4

   Bake in a well-buttered dish for three-quarters of an hour.

5. 5

   Serve warm with hard sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 249. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN BREAD PUDDING, BAKED. Break up about a pint of stale bread after cutting off the crust ; pour over it a quart of boiling milk ; add to this a piece of butter the size of a small egg ; cover the dish tight and let it stand until cool ; then with a spoon mash it until fine, adding a teaspoonful of cinnamon and one of nutmeg grated, half a cupful of sugar and one quarter of a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little hot water. Beat up four eggs

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