Homemade Colonial Bread Pudding Mount Vernon Inn - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups fine dry bread crumbs
4 cups half-and-half
1 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into bits
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
5 large eggs, beaten lightly
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup raisins

Preparation

1. In a bowl, let the bread crumbs soak in the half-and-half for 6 minutes, stir in the sugar, the butter, the salt, the nutmeg, the cinnamon, the eggs, the vanilla, and the raisins, and pour into a buttered 13 by 9 inch baking dish.

2. Put the dish in a larger baking pan, pour enough hot water into the pan to reach halfway up the sides of the dish, and bake the pudding in the middle of a preheated 350F oven for 1 hour, or until it is golden.