Recipe: Chelo's Bread & Butter Pudding

Here's an easy dessert recipe:

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

 

INGREDIENTS:
1 loaf of white sliced bread, edges trimmed
1 pack unsalted butter, melted at room temperature

3 whole eggs, beaten

1 can evaporated milk                           1 can condensed milk           

1 pack all purpose cream                      2 tbsp orange juice

1/4 cup orange zest                               1 pack dried raisins

cinnamon powder                                  confectioner's sugar

whipped cream (optional)

PROCEDURE:
In a bowl, combine beaten eggs, evap milk, condensed milk,
all purpose cream, and orange juice.
Mix in lemon zest. Add butter and mix well.
On a rectangular baking pan, brush bottom and sides with butter.
Arrange the bread slices side by side, leaving no space in between the slices.
Pour the liquid and make sure all slices have been soaked by the liquid.
Add raisins on top and dash the top with cinnamon powder.
Add another layer and repeat procedure.
Preheat oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cover baking pan with aluminum foil.
Place the baking pan with the pudding on top of a baking tray and fill tray with water. Bake for 25 minutes.
To check if pudding is cooked, get a toothpick and stick in the middle of the pudding. If toothpick comes out clean, then pudding is done.
Sprinkle confectioner's sugar on top of the pudding.
Slice pudding and serve with whipped cream.

This is a specialty of my good friend, Chelo Galang, that's why I named it after her.  

You should try and see if you'll like it.

lifted from her Facebook account: The Heart of Chel