Old Fashioned Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 slices stale or lightly toasted bread, diced
3 c. light cream
3 egg yolks, well beaten
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 c. peach preserves
1/2 c. seedless raisins
Hard Sauce (recipe follows)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Place bread in a buttered 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish.
Next, blend together cream, egg yolks, sugar, salt, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add preserves and raisins. Beat well and pour over the bread.
Stir gently with a fork until the ingredients are well blended.
Place dish in a pan containing 1-inch of hot water and bake for 45 minutes or until almost set in the center.
Serve with Hard Sauce.