Bread Pudding Recipe 3

• 2 cups stale, but not dry, bread
• 1 quart milk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Soak the bread in the milk until it is very soft, then mash it fine.
2. Heat until nearly boiling.
3. Beat the eggs until light and add to them the sugar, salt, and vanilla.
4. When well mixed, stir this into the bread and milk.
5. Pour the whole into an earthenware baking dish, set in a pan of water, and bake 45 minutes at 325 degrees.
6. For chocolate bread pudding, melt two squares of chocolate over hot water and add this to the soaked bread and milk.
7. For bread pudding with raisins, add one-half cup raisins.

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