Mom'S Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. cubed dry bread
4 c. scalded milk
3/4 c. sugar
2/3 stick butter
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. nutmeg
4 slightly beaten eggs
1/2 c. chopped apples (optional)

Preparation

Soak cubed dry bread in scalded milk, 5 to 10 minutes.
Add sugar, butter, salt, vanilla and nutmeg.
Add slightly beaten eggs.
Mix very well.
Pour into greased 1 1/2-quart baking pan or glass baking dish.
Bake at 325\u00b0 in pan for 1 hour or at 300\u00b0 in baking dish for 1 hour until firm.
Cool and eat warm, add added touch if wanted, 1/2 cup chopped apples.
This is an excellent pudding from generations.