Cheap And Easy Bread Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 eggs
2 cups whole milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup sugar (use more or less depending on your sweet tooth)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup raisins
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter (plus more for baking dish)
3 rolls (stale Great Big Poufy Buns Great Big Poufy Buns)

Preparation

Butter a 7 x 11\" baking dish.
Trim the dark crust tops off of the rolls and cut them into large cubes, about 1 1/2 inches.
Mix custard ingredients well and pour over the cubed rolls. Dot with butter Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight until custard soaks into the stale Recipe #379727.
Remove the pudding from the fridge and let it come to room temperature and then preheat the oven to 350*
Leave the plastic wrap on and then cover tightly with foil. Set into a hot water bath and bake covered for 40 minutes. Remove foil and plastic wrap and continue baking another 15 - 20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Variations include orange zest, almond extract, citron, currants, what you like.
We like it plain but you can add a rum sauce at serving time if you like.
Easy, plain and yummy.