Stale bread for dessert, anyone? You might scoff at the idea, if you’ve never tried Nutella Bread and Butter Pudding, but there’s nothing like a warm pudding to warm the cockles of your heart when the weather turns chilly. Not only is this pudding wonderfully scrumptious, it is also so very easy to make, with ingredients probably already in your fridge or pantry.
Nothing could be easier! You know how to make a sandwich, don’t you? Bread,Nutella,Bananas and topped another Butter Bread. Cut it into chunks, chuck the chunks into a pie plate and pour the custard on top. Before you know it you will have a heart warming dessert!
What you need for Nutella Bread and Butter Pudding
- Stale Bread – I use white loaf bread that is , ideally a day or two old. Why? The drier bread absorbs more of the creamy custard liquid making it more delicious.
- Nutella – You need about 8 Tablespoons of Nutella or any other Hazelnut Spread you have.
- Pantry/Fridge Staples – Eggs, Vanilla, Sugar (Brown or Caster), Vanilla, Cream and Milk
- Optional Add Ins – Coarsely Chopped Chocolate, 2 Ripe but firm Bananas, sliced
- Icing Sugar and Cinnamon Powder to Sprinkle, Crushed Toasted Hazelnuts for crunch,optional
- Ice Cream and Custard to serve
Easy does it…
- Make 4 sandwiches filled with butter and Nutella. Spread four slices of bread with 2 tablespoon of Nutella each. If using bananas, divide the bananas between the 4 slices and place on top of Nutellla. Top each slice of bread with another slice ,spread with butter.
- Cut into 8 squares or triangles then arrange in an ovenproof dish with 6 cups capacity.
- In a bowl whisk together eggs milk cream and vanilla until well combined. Reserve half a cup of this custard mix.
- Pour the custard mix over the bread. Cover with a cling wrap tightly so the bread pieces become saturated with the custard mix, and let stand for 15 minutes.
- Remove cling wrap and pour the reserved of the custard mix over the bread, concentrating on the drier pieces.
- Sprinkle the chopped chocolate on top and bake in a preheated 160°C oven for about 30 minutes or until golden and puffy.
- Dust icing sugar and cinnamon powder on top of the pudding and serve with ice cream or custard.
- Sprinkle with crushed toasted hazelnuts for crunch.
Nutella Bread and Butter Pudding
6
servings10
minutes35
minutesChocolatey Nutella Bread and Butter Pudding
Ingredients
8 slices of day old white bread
Nutella about 4 tablespoons
Butter,room temperature
4 eggs,whisked
1 cup milk
1 cup cream
1/2 cup caster or brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
2 bananas, sliced, optional
1 teaspoon each icing sugar and cinnamon powder
2 tablespoon crushed toasted hazelnuts, for garnish
Directions
- Spread 4 slices of bread with Nutella. If using bananas, divide the sliced bananas between the four slices and place on top of Nutella. Top each slice with another slice of bread spread with butter, and press together to form a sandwich. You should have 4 banana nutella sandwich.
- Cut the sandwiches into 8 triangles or 8 squares, then place the pieces into a greased or buttered pie plate or baking dish.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, cream,sugar and vanilla until smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup of this custard mix and pour the rest over the bread. Cover the pie plate with plastic wrap tightly to compress the bread into the custard so it’s saturated. Let set for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan forced.
- Remove the plastic cover from the pie plate, and pour the rest of the custard mix over the bread, concentrating on the drier pieces. Sprinkle the chopped chocolate on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven till puffy and golden, about 35 minutes.
- Dust with combined icing sugar and cinnamon on top and serve warm with ice cream and custard if desired.
Notes
- Wrap left over slices and store in the fridge for a week. Warm up in the microwave for about 1 minute.
