Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. bread cubes
2 c. milk
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
dash of salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
nutmeg

Preparation

Use day old bread, crust and all, cutting it into 1/4 to 1/2-inch cubes.
Place these in a buttered, 1-quart baking dish. Scald milk with butter and sugar.
Beat the eggs slightly; add salt, then stir into the warm milk.
Add vanilla.
Pour over the bread cubes.
Sprinkle top with nutmeg.
Set the baking dish in a pan containing warm water up to the level of the pudding and bake at 350\u00b0 for about 1 hour or until knife comes out clean when inserted in center of pudding.
Serves 4 to 6.