Bread and Butter Pudding

Bread and Butter Pudding

Inspired by: Failed dairy free condensed milk attempt and BBC food (method is different from how I did mine).

Why? I tried to make dairy free condensed milk with rice milk, sugar, vanilla and salt, and it did not condense much at all, even with a bit of gluten free flour thrown in, and so I decided to use the resulting sauce for this recipe.

I used:

3 cups rice milk (use 2 cups for bread and butter pudding though)

½ cup raw sugar

vanilla powder

pinch of salt

2 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp allspice

2 eggs

2 tbsp gluten free corn flour

9 very small slices ‘buttered’ gluten and dairy free bread (dairy free margarine)

What I did: (what I recommend for next time is after)

Heated milk, vanilla, salt and sugar in a saucepan, stirring constantly until it boiled. 
Waited in vain for it to thicken, then added corn flour, which thickened it slightly but also added lumps. Stirred lumps out, and gave up. 
Added cinnamon and allspice and took off heat (turned off element).

Preheated oven to 180C.
Buttered gluten and dairy free bread with dairy free margarine and placed one layer of bread (with as much bread as you can covering the bottom of the dish) margarine side up in a circular oven proof dish (d25cm, h7cm). 
Back at the saucepan, crack eggs into the syrup and beat in well. 
Pour syrup over the first layer of bread until it’s well covered. 
Stop and add the next layer of bread. 
Repeat until all the bread and syrup is gone. 
Place dish in the oven for 30 mins or until the syrup has set and it’s golden brown on top.

What I would do next time (little bit different)

Preheat oven to 180C.

In a saucepan heat milk, sugar, vanilla and salt until just boiling then take off heat (turn off element). Add flour, cinnamon and allspice, allow to cool. Butter with dairy free margerine the gluten and dairy free bread, and place one layer of bread (as much as you can to cover the bottom of the dish), margarine side up in a circular oven proof dish (d20cm, h7cm).

Back at the saucepan, crack eggs into the syrup and beat in well. Pour syrup over the first layer of bread until it’s well covered. Stop and add the next layer of bread, and cover it in syrup. Repeat until all the bread and syrup is gone. Place dish in the oven and cook for 30 mins or until the syrup has set and it’s golden brown on top.

Comments after eating bread and butter pudding!

It’s delicious hot or cold! You can add dried fruit, or even chocolate chips for a bit of spice! I’m sure other people have even tried making bread and peanut butter, bread and nutella puddings before!