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Easy Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe

Bread and butter pudding

Name: Bread and butter pudding
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 10 thick slices white bread crusts cut off; 150g butter cut into cubes and softened; 75g caster sugar plus 2 tbsp; 100g sultanas; 200ml double cream; 150g crème fraîche; 300ml full-fat milk; 4 eggs; 1 vanilla pod; to serve clotted cream or pouring cream

Published: November 24, 2021 at 2:29 PM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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Try our best bread and butter pudding recipe with vanilla and sultanas. This homely English classic will put a smile on everyone's faces! Serve with clotted cream for extra indulgence

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Alternatives

Complete the dish

Treat yourself to this classic bread and butter pudding, then try our bread pudding, brioche bread and butter pudding, hot cross bun bread and butter pudding and chocolate bread and butter pudding.

We've also got plenty more more indulgent dessert recipes to try, including sticky toffee pudding, chocolate brownies, and apple crumble.

Ingredients

Nutrition

10 thick slices white bread

crusts cut off
150g butter

cut into cubes and softened
75g caster sugar

plus 2 tbsp
100g sultanas
200ml double cream
150g crème fraîche
300ml full-fat milk
4 eggs
1 vanilla pod
to serve clotted cream or pouring cream

Nutrition: per serving

kcal732
fat48.1g
saturates27.4g
carbs65.7g
fibre1.3g
protein13.3g
salt1.45g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190c/fan 170c/gas 5. Cut each slice of bread into two halves diagonally. Butter a rectangular earthenware dish with 50g of the butter and coat with the 2 tbsp sugar. Put the bread in layers in the dish, sprinkling over sultanas and tucking in bits of butter as you go.
step 2

Whisk the cream, crème fraîche, milk, eggs and the rest of the sugar. Slice the vanilla pod down the centre and scrape out the seeds. Whisk into the milk and egg mix and pour over the bread. Allow to soak for 5 minutes, pushing the bread down with a spatula to help absorb the liquid.
step 3

Bake for about 30 minutes then remove and allow to sit for about 15 minutes before serving with cream.

More bread and butter ideas below:

Brioche bread and butter pudding

This pudding should be on the custardy side rather than bready. You may need to push the brioche under the egg mix at the start to make sure it is completely covered.

Hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

Got leftover hot cross buns to use up? Make this ramped up version of the British classic pudding, perfect for Easter entertaining.

Chocolate bread and butter pudding

This is a real show-stopping dessert but it's incredibly easy to make. You can make this indulgent pud with croissants, but then you’d miss out on that extra chocolate hit.

Croissant bread and butter pudding

Take your pudding to the next level with buttery croissants, blackberry jam and fresh blackberries.

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