| When I think of baking comfort food, two recipes | | | | 2 quart casserole dish. Put the dish inside a roasting |
| always come to mind. Bread pudding and my mom's | | | | pan and add one inch of hot water. Bake in a 350 |
| famous raisin pudding. There is nothing like the taste | | | | degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes. A knife put into |
| of a nice warm, rich, thick pudding to have you | | | | the pudding halfway between the center and the |
| feeling like you have come home. The troubles of the | | | | edge should come out clean. |
| world and the troubles of a hard day just seem to | | | | Raisin Pudding |
| melt away when I take the first bite. I hope these | | | | 1/2 cup sugar |
| baking recipes do the same for you. | | | | 1 cup flour |
| Bread Pudding | | | | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 2 cups milk | | | | 1 cup raisins |
| 4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces | | | | 1/2 cup milkpinch salt |
| 1 egg | | | | 1 cup brown sugar |
| 2 egg whites | | | | 2 cups boiling water |
| 1/2 cup sugar | | | | 1 tablespoon butter |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon | | | | Mix the sugar, flour, baking powder, raisins, milk and |
| 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves | | | | salt in a large bowl. Put the mixture into a greased 2 |
| 3 dashes ground mace | | | | quart casserole dish. Mix the brown sugar, boiling |
| 1/4 teaspoon salt | | | | water, and butter together in a bowl. Pour the brown |
| 6 cups cubed French or Italian bread (3/4 inch) | | | | sugar mixture over the batter and bake in a 350 |
| In a saucepan over low heat, combine milk and | | | | degree oven until golden brown on top. (I forget just |
| butter. Take off of the heat and continue to stir the | | | | now how long that is. That is what I love about |
| mixture until the butter melts. Allow this mixture to | | | | mom's recipes. Never a set time. Just till it's done. If |
| cool for 10 minutes. In a bowl, beat the egg and egg | | | | only all of life was more like that.) |
| whites to the point of getting foamy. Add the sugar, | | | | The best way to serve these baking recipes is warm |
| cinnamon, cloves, mace, and salt to the eggs. Add in | | | | and with ones you love. |
| the milk mixture. Add in the bread. Put it all into a 1 1 | | | | |