Bonus Recipe: Black Bread Pudding

Do you have some leftover black bread that's just on the wrong side of stale?

Treat yourself to this amazing Bread Pudding!

The pudding:

1 cup sugar 

3 eggs
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups cubed black bread, a little stale (I augmented this with some old bread ends*)

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 stick butter, softened

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.
Mix sugar, eggs, and milk in a bowl; add vanilla. Pour over cubed bread and let sit for 10 minutes.  In another bowl, mix and crumble together brown sugar and butter until you get a crumb-like consistency.
Pour bread mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over the top and bake for about 40 minutes, or until set. Remove from oven.  

The sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 egg

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup brandy
While the pudding is in the oven, mix the sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the brandy, stirring well. Pour over bread pudding.

 

Just as delicious on day 2 as it was on day 1!

* Because I keep a stash of old bread ends in the freezer.**

** I mean, who doesn't?