Amish Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter
4 cups milk
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 dash salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups bread, cut in cubes (1inch or smaller)
1/2 cup raisins
cinnamon (optional)
light cream (half & half) or milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F
Grease the smaller of the two baking dishes with butter, and put the remaining butter in the saucepan with milk sugar.
Place over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter is melted.
Whisk eggs in mixing bowl and add hot milk slowly while whisking constantly.
Stir in vanilla and salt.
Place bread cubes in buttered baking dish, and sprinkle with raisins.
Pour milk over bread cubes and stir slightly.
Sprinkle with cinnamon if you like.
Place the smaller baking dish in the larger one.
Pour hot water in the larger dish until it goes 1/2 way up the smaller dish.
Carefully set both dishes in preheated oven.
Bake til set- about one hour.
Serve with light cream or milk if desired.