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# Fall Bread Pudding From Stale Bread
- URL: https://www.beautifullychaoticlife.com/bread-pudding-stale-bread-fall/
- Published: 2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T02:01:44.000Z
- Description: Stale sandwich bread or buns become a cinnamon-apple bread pudding, the ultimate use-what-you-have dessert.
- Author: BCL Staff
- Tags: Food, #field-guide

Bread pudding is stale bread's redemption arc. Cubes soak in a spiced custard, bake until puffed and golden, and taste like fall even when the loaf started as sandwich heels.

Pantry-friendly here means swaps are welcome. Amounts are still listed so you can cook without guessing.

**Yield:** 8 servings · **Time:** 20 min · 45-50 min bake

## Ingredients

**Pudding**

- 6 cups cubed stale bread (about 10 oz)
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup cream or more milk
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter for pan + dots on top
- Optional ½ cup raisins

## Steps

1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease a baking dish. Cube the bread and spread in the dish. Dried-out bread soaks better than fresh.
2. Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Pour over the bread. Press gently so every cube gets wet. Rest 15 minutes.
3. Optional: scatter raisins, chopped apple, or chocolate chips on top. Bake 40 to 50 minutes until the center is set and the top is golden. Rest 10 minutes.

## Use-what-you-have swaps

- Challah or brioche if that is the stale loaf

## Serve / store

Warm with a drizzle of cream or maple. Fridge up to 4 days. Reheat covered. If you are packing this for a party or school event, transport in a lidded container and add final toppings on site when you can. Note major allergens on a piece of tape on the lid when you are feeding a group.

Brioche or challah makes it rich. Plain sandwich bread makes it honest. Both work. Tip from our chaotic kitchen: read the ingredient list once before you start, preheat before you mix wet and dry, and set a timer even when you think you will remember. Taste as you go when the recipe allows it, and write a note on the recipe card if you changed a spice amount so next time is easier.

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