My interest jumps from one thing to another. Today marks forty eight years of marriage for my husband and me. I guess that is what got me to thinking about our grocery budget way back then.
We had ten dollars for groceries and that probably included a few other things for the house as well. With that in mind I realized I am now paying two dollars and fifty cents for a loaf of bread. That would have taken a fourth of our grocery money back then.
I decided to crank up the bread machine. I have not figured what a loaf of my bread costs to make, but it is so good. The only thing is, without preservatives, it does not keep very well.
Today I made bread pudding with the homemade bread from a couple of days ago. I will post my recipe for it. I also made one loaf of cinnamon raisin bread. My daughter suggested freezing the bread and I may start doing that. For the cinnamon bread I just added cinnamon and raisins to the regular bread recipe. It turned out pretty good.
Really Good Bread Pudding
9 slices white bread
(torn in pieces)
1 ¼ cups sugar
4 eggs
1 small can evaporated milk
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup melted margarine
½ cup raisins soaked in 2 teaspoons rum flavoring
Soak bread pieces in 2 cups of whole milk. Beat eggs until fluffy, add sugar and beat until slightly thickened. Add vanilla, margarine and can of milk. Mix well, then stir in bread and milk mixture; stir well. Add raisins. Let this whole mixture sit for 3-5 minutes, then pour into dish. Bake at 400 degrees in a 2 quart casserole dish. After about 20 or 25 minutes stir the pudding from the outside to center and let cook for about 10 more minutes.
