Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
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Slow Cooker Bread Pudding made with day-old French bread, flavored with milk, butter, and cinnamon and studded with plump, juicy raisins.
I always think dessert is the exclamation point on a nice dinner. It enhances the meal and just puts the finishing touch on an evening for me. This Slow Cooker Bread Pudding is made with day-old French bread, plump, juicy raisins, and a delicious custard of milk, butter, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon. It’ll rock your world.
Food historians say that bread pudding can be traced back to the early 11th and 12th centuries. Not surprisingly, it started as a way for frugal cooks to use up leftover bread.
And what a great way to use a stale loaf of bread! Cut it up, toss it with a rich, eggy custard, and bake it low and slow until it becomes a warm, velvety pudding. Yummy.
I like mine with a dollop of whipped cream. You might enjoy a scoop of ice cream. Either way, you’re gonna love it!
How to Make Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
Generously coat the inside of a small slow cooker with either butter or non-stick spray. Cut the bread into approximately 1-inch cubes.
Place the cubed bread and raisins in the slow cooker.
In a medium bowl, whisk the milk, eggs, sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt until very well combined.
Pour the liquid mixture over the bread cubes and raisins. Toss so that everything is evenly coated.
Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes and toss again to make sure the custard mixture is evenly distributed.
Cover and cook on low setting 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. You’ll want to check at about 2 hours to see how it’s doing. Some slow cookers cook hotter than others. Those things just don’t have any specific temperature settings. Low on one may be totally different from the low setting on another.
Serve warm with a drizzle of cream, whipped cream, or vanilla ice cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Leftovers reheat very nicely.
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Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 8 cups 1-inch cubes day-old French bread
- ½ cup raisins optional
- 2 cups milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup cane sugar or white
- ¼ cup butter melted and slightly cooled
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Butter (or spray) inside of slow cooker.
- Place bread and raisins in slow cooker.
- In a medium bowl, whisk milk, eggs, sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt until well combined.
- Pour over bread and raisins. Toss to coat evenly.
- Let stand 10 minutes and toss again to make sure custard mixture is evenly distributed.
- Cover and cook on low setting 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.
- Serve warm with a drizzle of cream, whipped cream, or vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Information
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I used to hate bread pudding because the texture of slick white bread was disgusting to me. No more! I fell in love with it when one of the cooks at the school where I was teaching made a “to die for” bread pudding. She spoiled me and taught me what bread pudding was supposed to taste like. When I saw this recipe I thought I’d give it a try, and I’m so glad I did! My sister loves bread pudding, so I made her my official guinea pig (taster). I could tell from the look on her face when she put the first bite in her mouth that she had been transported to another place in time! She was down at that little country school having that same bread pudding I had years ago!! Ha! Take it from me, those country women here in Texas know how to cook.
It makes me very happy to know that you and your sister are enjoying my recipe! I love this bread pudding, too, and you’ve reminded me that it has been far too long since I’ve made it for my family.
I want to try this bread pudding recipe. I have fond memories of going to my grandparents house and a bowl of bread pudding being on Grandma’s kitchen table always in the same bowl which my mother now has. My question is do you use salted or unsalted butter in this recipe? I’m assuming unsalted since the recipe calls for 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
Hi Sue. I use salted butter for everything (most southern cooks do) but you’d be fine using unsalted. Hope you enjoy it!
Ok what do people mean by “day old bread”? Do you buy read from the store and leave it out uncovered overnight? That has always confused me.
It just means not freshly baked bread.