Bread and Butter Pud

Another for Dive. Easy to make and uses up the last half of a loaf of bread which is past its best.

Ingredients

• Bread - 4-6 slices - nice and thick
• Butter - some
• Milk - 1/4 pt
• Single Cream - 1/4 pt
• Eggs - 2 of
• Vanilla extract (the real stuff!) - 1 tsp
• Nutmeg - a pinch
• Brown Sugar - a little
• Sultanas - some

Method

1. Cut the crusts off the bread, or leave on if they're fairly soft
2. Butter the bread heavily on both sides and make 'sandwiches'.
3. Cut the sandwiches up and arrange in the baking dish (as pictured)
   
   
   
   
   
4. Add the fruit between the layers
5. Warm the milk, cream, vanilla and sugar in a pan - go up to but not above the temperature that will start to cook the egg
6. Remove from the heat and beat in the eggs
7. Sprinkle in a little nutmeg.
8. Pour the milk mixture over the bread and let it soak for a little while.
9. I like to squeeze the bread a bit to help it absorb the warm milk.
10. Bake in a preheated hot oven for about half an hour. There should be no liquid left, it should be golden brown on top, but still nice and soft.
11. Enjoy!