Downton Abbey Bread Pudding Recipe

There’s only a couple of hours to go until the final episode of the final season of ‘Downton Abbey’ and fans across the world are on tenterhooks. As a tribute to the immensely popular period drama, we’ve already shared a recipe for salmon sandwiches, inspired by Isobel Crawley, an important character on Downton. While you’re watching the finale, why not follow up those sandwiches with –

Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is a popular dessert all over the world made using stale bread and a combination of sweet ingredients.

This bread pudding is especially popular in Britain and we think it fairly likely that it was served as a dessert in the era of King George, which is when Downton Abbey is set.

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Sweet bread pudding for a Downton Abbey viewing party.

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Ingredients

• 6 slices day old bread
• 2 tbsp butter melted
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 4 eggs beaten
• 2 cups Milk
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 6 slices day old bread 2 tbsp butter melted 1/2 cup raisins 4 eggs beaten 2 cups Milk 3/4 cup white sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Break the bread into pieces and spread them across a 8 inch baking pan.
3. Sprinkle the melted butter over the bread.
4. Whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
5. Pour this mixture over the bread, tossing gently until it is completely soaked.
6. Bake the bread in the oven for 45 minutes.
7. Take the pudding out of the oven and allow it to cool.
8. Serve!