Wholesome and simple bread pudding

In a recent blog, I talked about how to reduce food waste at home. One common item that gets thrown away is stale bread - but there is no need to throw it in the trash. This is because you can use the bread for my wholesome, plant-based bread pudding recipe that will satisfy all your sweet tooth and cravings!

If you want to make a savory dish/ garnish using stale bread, you can also whip up some croutons to add over your favorite summer salad (recipe for this is coming soon and will be linked in this blog post so stay tuned)!

Ingredients:

*2 cups of milk (I used non-dairy almond milk but any milk works) 

*2 tbs unsalted butter (I used plant-based but any works) 

*1 tsp vanilla extract 

*1/3 cup sugar (I did half coconut half granulated sugar) 

*Dash of salt 

*1 tsp cinnamon (optional) 

*5 to 6 cups of stale/ leftover bread (sweet bread like brioche or challah would work best but if you’ve got some hotdog or burger buns from fourth of july, feel free to use them for this recipe) 

*2 eggs, beaten (I used flax eggs but any egg substitute/ eggs in general works) 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees 

2. In a small saucepan over low heat, add milk, butter, vanilla, sugar, and salt until butter is just melted and mixture is warm. Then turn off the heat and leave it to cool. 

3. In the meantime, butter a loaf pan (any size would work but baking time may vary based on this) and place some cubed up bread into pan

4. Add eggs into cooled milk mixture and whisk; Pour the cooled mixture over the bread until just soaked (pour little by little; make sure the bread doesn’t get too soaked as that will result in a soggy bread pudding) 

5. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes (may even be longer or shorter depending on pan size) or until custard is set but still slightly wobbly with browned edges. 

6. Serve warm or at room temperature; enjoy!

Check out a video version of this recipe in the reel I made over on my Instagram: @SophieDEats