Raspberry-jam Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups toasted bread
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups milk, scalded
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup raspberry jam (or the jam of your choice)

Recipe

• 1 place bread cubes in a 2 quart casserole.
• 2 beat 2 eggs with 2 egg yolks, reserving 2 egg whites for merinqe.
• 3 gradually beat scalded milk into eggs.
• 4 beat in 1/2 cup sugar, salt, vanilla, and butter.
• 5 pour milk mix over bread cubes.
• 6 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 25 minutes.
• 7 spread jam evenly over top of pudding.
• 8 beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• 9 beat in sugar, 1 tbs at a time, until merinque is stiff and glossy pile meringe over jam, making sure to spread merinque to edge of dish.
• 10 bake for another 15 minutes.