Bread and butter pudding

Name: Bread and butter pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250ml/9 fl oz full-fat milk; 300ml/½ pint double cream; 1 vanilla pod halved and seeds scraped out, or 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 whole large eggs plus 1 egg yolk; 3 tbsp/40g golden caster sugar; 8 slices of day-old white crusty bread; 50g/2oz slightly salted butter softened plus extra for greasing; 75g/2½ oz mix sultanas and currants or other dried fruit; zest ½ lemon; 2 tbsp/25g demerara sugar

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:45min

Transform a stale loaf into a comforting bread and butter pudding. This traditional British dessert is layered with a rich vanilla custard, dried fruit and lemon zest

Updated at: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:01:18 GMT