Gugel Family Cookbook

Bread Pudding (Old-fashioned)

(from Grandma Bauer)

1 cup sour milk (or 1 cup milk and 1 Tbs. cider vinegar)
1 cup dry bread crumbs (made from stale bread)
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 Tbs. molasses
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 cup raisins (optional)

Soak bread crumbs in milk for half an hour. Cream together the shortening and brown sugar. Add the bread crumb mixture, flour, spices, molasses, baking soda and raisins to the shortening and sugar mixture. Bake in a buttered 1 1/2 quart casserole for 45 minutes at 350°F

Sauce:

2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 Tbs. flour
1 Tbs. cider vinegar
dash of nutmeg

Melt the butter in a double boiler on the stove top. Stir in the sugar, flour, vinegar, and nutmeg. Keep warm and serve over the pudding.