# Bread Pudding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826 "2012-05-14T01:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/1 "2012-05-14T01:00:39Z")
Yes, please…pile it high. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/2 "2012-05-14T01:13:19Z")
Excellent way to use up slightly stale bread, and as long as it is not seriously loaded with sugar a good breakfast. I like to mix types of breads, white, potato, sourdough, rye. I like to fruit it with raisins, dried cranberries, dried cinnamon apple chunks and even add walnut halves, pistachios or sliced toasted almonds. [Oatbread](http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/oatmeal-bread-recipe) with sliced toasted almonds, [dried cinnamon apples](http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=FN%20A105) and [candied ginger dices](http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeyscrystallizedginger.html?id=EhPWUazm) is fantastic. mrAru likes it made with sliced bananas, pineapple, candied ginger and the oatbread. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/3 "2012-05-14T01:40:51Z")
Especially if the corners and edges get a little extra crispy and toasty. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/4 "2012-05-14T01:57:45Z")
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE bread pudding! Yes please! ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/5 "2012-05-14T02:09:52Z")
Bread pudding is a favorite. Sometimes before cutting the bread, I make apricot preserves sandwiches with it first, then cut back on the sugar in the custard. It’s ridiculously good. My aunt tried the idea but used apple butter and put crushed walnuts in the sandwiches too, so there were crunchy nuts in just about every bite. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/6 "2012-05-14T02:40:27Z")
I love it! I’ve never made it myself, but if it’s on the menu at a restaurant, I make sure to order it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/7 "2012-05-14T02:40:52Z")
Had me some hot banana bread pudding with caramel sauce today. Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/8 "2012-05-14T02:43:58Z")
I utterly don’t get it. You’re recycling some stale bread by covering it up with some other stuff, and then trying to pass it off as a dessert. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/9 "2012-05-14T02:46:25Z")
A well-made hot bread pudding with ice cream is one of the best desserts ever. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/10 "2012-05-14T02:47:48Z")
I love it but really don’t like the tendency of restaurants to put chocolate in it. Here’s a [great recipe](http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/bread_pudding/). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/11 "2012-05-14T03:17:34Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > I utterly don’t get it. > > You’re recycling some stale bread by covering it up with some other stuff, and then trying to pass it off as a dessert. > > No thanks. Have you ever tasted a good bread pudding or read a recipe? IOW are you imagining something based on insufficient experience and/or data? The “some other stuff” usually includes a high ratio of eggs and some milk/cream to the bread, and then, of course, you BAKE IT, so it winds up being very custardy. Have you ever had kugel? Same principle, only with bread instead of noodles. One time on her show, Paula Deen made bread pudding using Krispy Kreme donuts. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/12 "2012-05-14T03:26:25Z")
Topped with a touch of bananas foster sauce, it’s easily my favorite sweet treat. It adapts to almost any dried fruit or fruit preserve so the options are nearly endless. What’s not to love? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/13 "2012-05-14T03:28:48Z")
It never even occurred to me before this thread that there might be people who DON’T like bread pudding… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/14 "2012-05-14T03:37:58Z")
Mom made a lemon sauce to go along with it. I don’t need a sauce – gilding the lily. I make it in small batches – an eight or nine inch pan – so I can have it all to myself, while it’s still warm. My husband doesn’t care for it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/15 "2012-05-14T07:53:28Z")
I would say “yes, please” but only if there are no raisins. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/16 "2012-05-14T09:02:23Z")
Had some really good bread pudding at a local Wegman’s last week. They made it with donuts rather than bread. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/17 "2012-05-14T10:46:01Z")
B.P. Oh yeah Baby ! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/18 "2012-05-14T13:49:55Z")
Our new toaster oven came with a bread pudding recipe. Need to try that. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/19 "2012-05-14T14:00:07Z")
We have it about twice a month. We keep all the heels of our loaves stuffed in the back of the refrigerator. When there’s enough, we make it. I’m an experimenter and will follow different recipes to see what I get. Hubby has his recipe. It is delicious and he shouldn’t change a thing. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826/20 "2012-05-14T14:21:24Z")
I love it with tons of raisins, and if it’s good bread pudding it needs no sauce. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-pudding/621826.md?page=2)