yield: 6-8 servings
Leftover bread can easily be converted to dessert without much work.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups milk 
- 2 tablespoons butter + more for greasing pan 
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
- ⅓ cup sugar 
- Pinch salt 
- ½ loaf sweet egg bread like challah or brioche, cut into 2-inch cubes (about 5 to 6 cups) - any stale bread will also work 
- 2 eggs, beaten 
PREPARATION
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. 
- In a small saucepan over low heat, warm milk, butter, vanilla, sugar and salt. Continue cooking just until butter melts; cool. 
- Meanwhile, butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread. 
- Add eggs to cooled milk mixture and whisk; pour mixture over bread. 
- Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned. 
- Serve warm or at room temperature. Yum! 
Variations:
- add fresh or dried fruit 
- add combination of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom 
- can be served with fresh fruit compote 
- add a handful of chocolate chips before baking for a decidedly more decadent outcome 
- delicious with whipping cream or a scoop of ice cream 
Adpated and borrowed from Mark Bittman, The New York Times
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