{"id":5134,"date":"2026-05-17T21:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:12:13","slug":"grandmas-old-fashioned-bread-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/grandmas-old-fashioned-bread-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma\u2019s Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Grandma\u2019s Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>4 cups white bread, cubed (about 8 slices, preferably day-old)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs, lightly beaten<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional but traditional)<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup raisins (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Grease a baking dish (9&#215;9 or 9&#215;13).<\/li>\n<li>Heat milk and butter together until warm (not boiling).<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, mix eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly add the warm milk mixture into the egg mixture, stirring constantly.<\/li>\n<li>Add bread cubes and mix well so they soak up the custard.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in raisins if using.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Bake <strong>40\u201350 minutes<\/strong> until set and golden on top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>\u00a0Vanilla Sauce<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup heavy cream (or milk for lighter version)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>In a saucepan, combine butter, sugars, and cream.<\/li>\n<li>Cook over medium heat, stirring until it boils and thickens (about 5\u20138 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Serve warm over bread pudding.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Grandma\u2019s Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding Ingredients 4 cups white bread, cubed (about 8 slices, preferably day-old) 2 cups milk 1\/4 cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5136,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions\/5136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}