Bread Pudding (Sweetened Condensed Milk)

UPDATE I made a new video of this bread pudding    • Bread Pudding (Sweetened Condensed Mi...  
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Now to the recipe:
Bread Pudding - it's easy to make, and delicious! You can make this many different ways. But, any way you make it, you'll love it.

You'll need: 9x13 bake dish, buttered (or two 8x8s or one deep 8x8)
16 pieces of sandwich bread - cut into cubes or torn into one inch chunks. You can use any bread here - sandwich, brioche, biscuits, hotdog buns, etc.) Just make sure it's about equal to a loaf of bread.
1 and 1/2 cups of Milk (or hot water)
1- 14oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 Large eggs, beaten
1/3 cup packed brown sugar (or granulated sugar)
1/2 Stick of Salted butter, melted *Note- If you use unsalted butter, add a pinch of salt to the mixture.
1 cup Raisins *Optional (you can use any thing you want.. raisins, currents, pecans, walnuts, or nothing at all
1 Tbs Vanilla (plus 1 teaspoon for the vanilla sauce)
1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
1/2 cup powdered sugar (vanilla sauce)
1 tbs milk (vanilla sauce)

In a large bowl, whisk together your milk, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, butter, sugar, cinnamon.
In your greased bake dish, pour your bread cubes in and raisins (if using).
Then pour your milk/egg/sugar batter over your bread
Take a spoon on your hand and press the bread down into the liquid to make sure all bread is absorbing some milk mixture.
Let sit 30 minutes or even over night.

Oven at 350F (180C)
Bake 30-40 minutes.

*Optional Vanilla Sauce
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tbs milk
Mix well, and drizzle over your bread pudding once it comes out of the oven.
-- You can also top it with ice cream, cool whip, syrup. Anything you like.

Enjoy!

**You can freeze this if you want to bake it ahead. Place in fridge 24 hours before needed, to thaw it.

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