Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding

Now that the weather gets nicer, more and more people want to catch up, drop in after a walk, come and see you for tea?!
Well, for all of you, who are not sure how to bake a cake from scratch or have no time going to the shop to buy something to offer your spontaneous guests...HERE comes your solution!

Bread and Butter Pudding is an easy to make sweet dish, that (with a little preparation) can save you, in case you have people announcing themselves last minute!

This recipe is brought to you by one of our friends Helen Prosser!!! Thank you very much!
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Serves: 6-8

Prep: 1.5 - 2hrs

Cook: 40 - 50mins

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf of white bread/toast. Any quality/brand work (to make the best pudding the bread should be stale but fresh bread works as well) 
• approx. 250 g of Butter
• Mixed dried fruit 
• Granulated sugar
• 1 pint of milk
• 2 eggs

Preparation:

First butter one side of each slice of bread. Traditionally the bread should be stale, if it isn't it can be very lightly toasted till it's slightly crisp.

Next you cut off the crusts and cut the slices diagonally into triangles. ! Best advice is to scissors or a very sharp knife!

Afterwards you grease a baking dish and put down one layer of bread with the butter-side down! You can either lie them out flat or overlapping each slice, depending on the thickness of slices and the amount of bread you want to use.

Sprinkle the layer with sugar and dried fruit.  Depending on your taste any dried fruit will work nicely or you could drizzle honey/golden syrup over the bread if you have a particularly sweet tooth! Important is then to use less sugar later!! 

You now layer the remaining bread on top of one another with the butter-side up and sprinkle with sugar and fruit again.

Create a mix, by beating together the milk and eggs and then pour the mix over the bread. This needs to soak for approx. 1 hour! This will make the bread very soft when baked. Top up with a little bit more milk if desired.

Preheated your oven on 180˚C (160˚C with fan or Gas mark 4) for 40-50 minutes while the bread soakes up the mix and then bake until the bread on top is golden brown and crisp!

When it's done serve it with cream or ice cream. And voilà!!! Your guests will be blown away by this sweet and rich dish!

The Pudding can afterwards be kept for 3 days in the fridge and be heated up in the microwave.