Name: Basic Bread Pudding
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 6 cups of bread – cut in 1″ cubes; 5 cups half and half; 4 eggs; ¾ cup sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons butter, melted; 2 tablespoons sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Ingredients

Scale

1 tablespoon butter
6 cups of bread – cut in 1″ cubes
5 cups half and half
4 eggs
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt

Topping

3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

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Instructions

generously butter a 9 x 13 baking dish and fill with the cubed bread.
in a bowl whisk the eggs and then add the half and half, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and salt. pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate for an hour.
preheat oven to 325° degrees
remove baking dish from the refrigerator. Melt the 3 tablespoons of butter in the microwave and drizzle over the bread mixture. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and then sprinkle over the bread mixture.
bake in the center of the oven for 45-55 minutes.When the edges pull from the sides of the dish and a knife pulls out almost clean from the center, remove the dish from the oven.
Serve warm with berries and ice cream. For a decadent treat add a warmed caramel sauce.

Notes

I divided the recipe between two smaller oval baking dishes and it came out perfectly.