When I Was Growing Up . . .
A family friend, Paul, nonchalantly mentioned that leaving a film of Ivory soap under ones arms would result in a fever by morning.
For YEARS my sister and I tried in vain to get it to work. We hoped and prayed and (most of all) scrubbed in hopes of a sick day at home with mom, but all we got for our efforts were very clean armpits. Thank you, Paul, for understanding the magic of home in the heart of a child and using it to get us clean. I’m sure my mom loved you for that.
If You’re Reading, Paul . . .
I’d like you to know home is still just as magical to me. There is more laundry than I remember but it is sweeter, too. When all Katie wants to do is play in the snow . . .
. . and sweet Micah scooches himself up to watch her . . .
I make myself a bowl of old-fashioned bread pudding and rub dirt on my armpits. Because seriously, every day is a day at home with mom now . . . only I am the mom and you’re a liar. So there.
If you’re not Paul, I’d like to share this rustic dessert recipe with you. I hope it fills you with warmth and reminds you of the comforts of home.
Bread Pudding
Ingredients:
- 2 cups coconut milk, raw whole milk or half & half, not ultrapasteurized (where to buy raw milk)
- 1/4 cup pastured butter (where to buy butter)
- 2/3 cup honey or sucanat (where to buy sucanat)
- 3 pastured eggs (where to buy eggs)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups bread, torn into small pieces (I used some stale sourdough that we had in the freezer)
- 1/2 cup raisins
Directions:
1. Heat milk (or half & half) in a saucepan over medium heat just until film forms over top. Add butter and stir until it is melted. Cool to lukewarm.
2. Combine sucanat, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Whisk briskly for 1 minute. Slowly add milk mixture.
3. Place bread in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
4. Sprinkle with raisins, then pour batter on top of bread.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm.
Bread Pudding Sauce (Optional . . . it really doesn’t need it)
Ingredients:
1 cup half & half or cream
1/8 cup sucanat
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
Directions:
Place ingredients in a saucepan and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes. Set aside for 5 minutes, then pour on warm bread pudding.
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Haha! This is hilarious. I remember trying similar things to stay home when I was younger! Most of those little “tricks” were useless. This recipe sounds good. I was wondering if it might be good with sprouted grain bread…or perhaps too dense. Sourdough sounds better, but I haven’t perfected the art of making my own yet.
-Kaitlin (P.S. just realized why my gravatar was never working….bc I put my real name instead of the farms…duh…hopefully it will work now!)
Kaitlin – Any bread will work. Some may not be as moist (not sure about the sprouted bread) . . . in that case I’d just pour cream over the top.
Can I use raw organic sugar in place of sucanat, since I don’t have it on hand?
Absolutely. It’s a straight substitution.
For the record, a story I’ve never heard before.
Wow, really?
i MUST try this! i used to work at the Opus restaurant at the Meyerson symphony in Dallas and it was the first place I’d ever had bread pudding. I ate it almost every night after we closed. I’ve never had any better. Maybe this will come close =)
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I worked at Pappadeaux through college and they made a fabulous bread pudding as well . . . from stale bread, of course! It’s one of the most delicious ways I know to prevent waste.
I’m on a cooking spree with my just finished vanilla, so must try this — especially since I forgot about the two loaves of bread I meant to temporarily put out of reach of my little one who smashes bread. The top of a deep freeze was not the place to hide bread & forget about about until 2 days later. I try telling my family it’s only hard on the bottom, but they won’t eat it. Maybe as bread pudding they will. Thanks for sharing. Looks so yummy!
” . . . my little one who smashes bread” – That phrase made me laugh out loud! Bread pudding is the perfect way to salvage your freezer bread, in fact you might not even mind it getting frozen/smashed or otherwise harmed so much from now on
oh my i’ve missed you. i’m officially trying to dive back in to blogging. we’ll see how it goes. i think i need to bake some bread just for this. it sounds perfectly scrumptious. goodness.
ok so i made this for breakfast today! i missed the part about letting the milk/butter cool before mixing it into the rest, but then figured i wouldn’t have wanted to wait anyway. it turned out delicious! will definitely be keeping this one around =) i might even try adding apples…
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I am always on the prowl for the perfect bread pudding recipe. Going to try this one tonight! Have you tried putting any fruit into this recipe?
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Sounds good! Love the pictures!
Should it be covered when it goes into the oven?
I like mine uncovered so that the top gets a little crusty
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