bread pudding

noun

plural bread puddings

: a dish consisting of bread pieces soaked in a mixture of eggs, milk, and usually sugar and spices and then baked

This easy-to-prepare bread pudding makes dessert out of ingredients you probably already have in the house.

—Joanne Lamb Hayes

Vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg star in this classic bread pudding recipe made with eggy challah bread.

—Frances Janisch

Now Savoy regulars have been nudging Susan to bring back her panettone bread pudding, created for New Year's Eve when she was Le Madri's pastry chef.

—Richard Sax

Modern bread puddings tend to be more custard than casserole, with the creamy factor playing a bigger role in the recipe's texture.

—Wynnie Stein

I'm not wild about stuffing, but I love bread pudding and often make savory versions to serve with roasted birds.

—Ann Lovejoy

Examples of bread pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the Gaslamp, Rustic Root is offering Maryland crab cake Benedict, a 28-day dry aged ribeye and chocolate bread pudding from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. —Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025

Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Active Time: 30 mins Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Servings: 12 This sweet and custardy bread pudding swaps out the brioche for buttery, flaky chocolate croissants, which takes the classic dessert up a notch. —Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025

Try the strawberry shortcake bread pudding, which is strawberry-infused, drizzled with strawberry cream cheese icing, and topped with fresh strawberries, strawberry crunch and powdered sugar. —Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025

Desserts include bananas foster bread pudding, king cake and dessert charcuterie with Super Bowl logo cookies, pralines and cake pops. —Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bread pudding

• gooding
• wooding