Bread Pudding

I had all this old homemade bread sitting on the counter that I couldn't bare to see go to waste... and I LOVE bread pudding, and came across some slow cooker bread pudding recipes on the bettycrocker website the other day... So it's Saturday morning and I decide to look more closely at these recipes... Well, they call for things I don't have, and I definitely don't have 3 hours to wait for something to cook. (My plan was to make this for breakfast, not lunch!) So then I just googled bread pudding and came to allrecipes.com and one of the first recipes I clicked on had LOTS of good reviews, and I had all the ingredients, so... here it is...

Bread Pudding

6 slices day old bread

2 Tbls. butter, melted

1/2 cup raisins (optional)

4 eggs, beaten

2 cups milk

3/4 white sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

2) Break bread into small pieces into an 8 in. square baking dish. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over the bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.

3) In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until all bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.

4) Bake for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

Mmmmm... I hope you enjoy this! I look forward to adapting this recipe... maybe I will add some chocolate chips, and serve it warm as a dessert, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! :)