Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is made with leftover or stale bread! Easy and quick to make!
You can use any type of bread!

Ingredients:
Sandwich bread-6 slices-(2 days old),
Butter-melted-2 tbsp,
Egg-3,
Whole milk-2 cups,
Sugar-3/4 cup,
Ground cinnamon-1 tsp,
Raisins-1/3 cup,
Apple-1-(optional)-peeled and chopped into small pieces,
Vanilla essence-1tsp.

Note:
You can bake the pudding in water bath or in direct heat.
Since direct heat makes the pudding a little dry,so I have baked in water bath.
If baking in direct heat then the oven temperature will be 350 F or 180 C.
Baking time will be 45 minutes.
Water bath temperature is 300 F or 150 F.
Baking time is 1 hour.

Method:
Pre heat oven to 300 F or 150 C
Break or cut  bread into small pieces or cubes into a greased 8 square inch pan.

Drizzle 2 tbsp of melted butter over the bread.
Sprinkle raisins and cubed apples on top.

Take a mixer bowl and beat sugar and egg for 4 minutes to get ribbon consistency.

Add vanilla essence and cinnamon pwd.

Beat only till combined.

Add the milk and beat only for few seconds.

Pour the liquid over the bread.

Lightly push down the bread with a spoon or fork,until bread is covered and soaked up the egg mixture.

Take a deep tray and place the square pan in the center.
Pour hot boiling water half way up sides of the pan.

Place the tray in the oven and bake for 1 hour.
Raise the heat to 180C for 5 minutes to brown the top.
To check the doneness,insert a tooth pick and it will come out clean.

Place the square pan on wire rack to cool completely.

Serve the pudding with vanilla ice cream or any sauce of your choice.

Leftovers can be kept in the fridge.