It’s what to do with stale bread! Turn any stale bread into delicious and easy bread pudding muffins. Perfect for dessert, snacks or a sweet breakfast treat.
Anyone who bakes a lot of bread inevitably needs to deal with a surplus of bread. Freezing bread is one option, but sometimes, I have some stale bread that is just calling out to be made into bread pudding. Sweet breads or breads like raisin/cinnamon bread are especially good for bread pudding, as are breads that have a glaze or icing on top.
Even regular bread is perfect, as you can simply add raisins or cinnamon to your soaking mixture or change it up and toss a few berries in with the bread cubes for a fruit-filled bread pudding muffin. Raspberries or blueberries work especially nicely, and you can use fresh or frozen fruit.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Bread – any stale bread or a collection of stale bread bits will work here. If you happen to be starting out with cinnamon bread, you can skip the added cinnamon in the recipe.
Recipe Tips
These bread pudding muffins are like bread pudding in portable form. Perfect for dessert, an afternoon snack or even with your breakfast coffee. Eat them “as is”, with a drizzle of maple syrup or dress them up for a comforting dessert by serving them warm with a hard sauce or some Creme Anglaise or with a spoonful of fresh fruit.
A half loaf of stale bread will be enough for 6 bread pudding muffins. If you only have a bit of stale bread at a time, simply cube it up and store in a freezer bag in your freezer. Keep doing that with odds and ends of stale bread until you have enough to make a batch of these bread pudding muffins.
Once baked, you can freeze these bread pudding muffins, up to 2 months.
Variations
Tuck some fruit into your pudding! Dried fruit such as raisins or dried cranberries or blueberries are a great addition. Fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries or blackberries are also a great addition.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 lb stale bread, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 1/2 loaf)
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 large eggs
- 1/3 cup white sugar , reduce a bit if bread is quite sweet or glazed already
- 3/4 cup whipping cream, can use a lower-fat cream or combination of creams
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional: a few raisins or a bit of dried fruit, *see Note 1 below for ideas
- Icing/confectioners sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Place cubed bread into a large bowl and toss with cinnamon. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, cream and milk. Pour over the bread cubes. Stir in raisins or dried fruit, if using. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven 325 F. (regular bake setting/not fan assisted) Line a 6-cup muffin tin with paper liners (or generously grease with butter).
- Scoop a heaping 1/2 cup of the pudding mixture into each of the 6 muffin cups (each one should be nicely mounded. Top off each muffin cup with any remaining liquid.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, rotating the muffin tin 180 degrees about half-way through baking. Muffins should be lightly golden brown on top. Dust with confectioners' sugar while they're still warm.
Notes
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Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
I bought all the ingredients, then at the last minute, swapped out the milk and heavy cream for leftover eggnog, and it was pretty delicious. Added diced fresh apples, dried cranberries, and semi sweet chocolate chips.
Sounds delicious, Rebecca and great call on the eggnog. It makes fabulous bread pudding! Thanks :)
Absolutely delicious 😋
Mine shrank a bit. Do you have any suggestions?
So glad you enjoyed them, Leslie. Bread pudding will always shrink as the bread breaks down when it cooks. The only tip I have is to over-fill the muffin cups as much as possible.
Straight out of the oven they look and smell delicious. Used an uneaten panadoro and added dark choc chips and the zest of an orange.
Thanks for the recipe very clear and easy instructions.
Sounds lovely, Annie! Thanks so much :)
Totally easy and delicious. Used up an uneaten panettone; everyone gobbled up its new incarnation!
So glad to hear, Melanie :) Thanks so much!