Bread Pudding recipe

[dairyview123]

Anyone got a really old fashioned bread pudding recipe from yonks ago!

Have googled it but they are all new recipes even though some have got my grans old recipe! TUT cos they aint like the old taste.

We are looking for one thats made in an oven tin, dark brown stodge that would hold a house up!

Dont want any nuts or oats in it, and not bread and butter pudding either, thankyee very much so type away

[ed_blackadder_1]

CB mr T's bakers used to make it out of the leftover bread. In the good old days and then sell it the next day and we never had any left over.

[kiss*my*pixel]

My Mum used to put marmalade in hers, it was the only bread pudding I have ever been able to eat. Dark brown, sticky and delicious.

Unfortunately, she can't now remember her recipe, because I really want to make it

MIL makes one which she thinks is lovely, (but it's actually revolting - pale and stodgy) Of course, we all say "thank you very much" very politely, but it usually ends up on the bird table. The birds love it

[captainbovine]

our store never made it Ed, I've been there15yrs. Mind you, when I arrived they had just stopped the staff sales. Do you still have freebees? we very rarely get them....they'd rather waste stuff and sell it cheap to us or even give it away!

[julum_59]

My mums bread pudding was amazing, she’d soak about a loaf and half  ( no crusts )with water squeeze all the water out so it’s like pulp then add dark sugar ( as much as you like )  small  pot of cinnamon  small pot of nutmeg, half pot mixed spice  lots of sultanas or mixed  fruit ( I use sultanas ) grease an oven proof dish pour in mixture, sprinkle a little sugar over the top cook in middle of oven on 180 for about 1   1/2 hrs or until you poke the middle with a knife and it don’t come out sticky, best ever………. Never used milk or eggs,  but she did add suet, couple of handfuls

[flumpdragon]

Hope you dont mind me jumping in.  I had a look at my old recipe books, a 1936 Radiation cookery book (radiation was an old brand of gas cooker), and a Cannon cookery book from 1947, also a "newer" book from 1969.  

All the bread pudding recipies (including the steamed version) have at least one egg in the ingredients.   During the 2nd world war and subsequent rationing powdered egg might have been substituted if no fresh eggs were available.

The earliest one:

1/2lb stale bread

3oz sugar

1 egg

2oz butter, margerine or dripping

2oz currants

2oz raisins

1/2 pint milk

A little nutmeg and grated lemon rind

Soak the bread for one hour in cold water, squeeze it and mix with other ingredients.  The egg is beaten into the milk then mixed in. Pour into a greased pie dish and bake at Gas mark 4 for  1.5 hours.  (350F or 180C)

As they didn't have fan ovens back then, I usually preheat to the old recipe temperature then reduce it slightly. 

[julum_59]

Thanks for the e-mail, I don’t remember my mum using milk or an egg but I may be wrong I know she used suet, I’ve Ben trying to find her recipe but can’t find her book
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[flumpdragon]

I just posted on the forum here,   ebay sends a copy of the new forum post to your email.  You can turn it off in settings in your profile  at the top of the page if you dont want it sent.  It can get annoying if you are following lots of topics as you get lots of emails.

I hope you find your mums book.  I have lots of recipes from an aunt, most  handwritten, tucked into my recipe books. I feel thats shes still around when I find one and read it again. 

[cee-dee]

I've got that book too, mine's a 1934 edition, the first edition was 1927.

[tressygirl]

I really need to give my glasses a good clean,  as every time I see the heading for this thread, I see.... ' Black Pudding Recipes ' ,  and that draws my attention to see what these could be ! 🤔  🙄

[flumpdragon]

I just like the down to earth economical recipes, often with a lot less sugar.  Modern books  seem to have  expensive ingredients, or over the top decoration, as if the colour picture is more important than the cake.  We used to make butterfly cakes with a teaspoon of butter cream, now small cakes seem to be 1/3 cake and 2/3 topping.

Showing my age 😂

[cee-dee]

Have you noticed that even so long ago there are "vegetarian" recipes included in the book?

[pzkpfwv1d]

Look online for Yorkshire Bread pudding 

Recipe is stale bread, suet, black tracle, all spice and fruit

First break the bread up and soak it in water preferaqbly over night, then squeeze the water out (my mum used to use and old pillow case), then add the suet, all spice black trackle and mixed fruit and knead until the mixture is consistent) then back in an oven track for about 60 to 90 minutes, allow to cool and then slice, can be eaten as is or with a light dusting of sugar 

[julum_59]

Old fashioned Bread pudding

Ingredients

3 loaves stale bread

Water (enough to soak the bread)

6/8 dessert spoons of granulated sugar (less if you want)

One small jar of cinnamon & one small jar of nutmeg

6 oz of vegetable suet

Fruit of your choice I use sultanas, whatever amount you like. Mix well,

Grease ovenproof dish, pour into dish spread evenly

Granulated sugar to sprinkle over the top

6 knobs of butter on top whilst cooking

Recipe

3 stale loaves of bread crust off break into small pieces  (big bread pudding)

Soak in cold water for an hour then squish all the water out, Add sugar spices fruit (I only use sultanas) Add suet then  mix well,

making sure no white lumps of bread,

put in greased baking dish  I sprinkle top with sugar & 6 knobs of butter and  put into pre heated oven 170  for about 2hrs 15 mins (it’s cooked when it wobbles slightly and is coming away from the sides, cut when cooled

this is my mums very old recipe and it’s delicious

Trust me it’s so tasty 😉

no eggs no butter no milk (only butter on top)

I knew I’d find the recipe after  hunting for 2 days