How to Reheat Bread Pudding

Bread pudding can be sweet or savory.

Bread pudding rescues stale bread. To make it, you bake cubes of bread in a sweet or savory custard sauce to provide moisture. Baking bread pudding the night before and reheating it before serving allows the flavors to meld and become stronger, but if incorrectly reheated, bread pudding can become dried out or burn on the bottom. A water bath can insulate the bread pudding as it reheats, protecting the delicate custard from excessive, drying heat. You can ensure that your bread pudding comes out creamy every time, no matter when you decide to bake it or serve it.

Things You'll Need

• Kettle or pot
• Roasting pan
• Knife

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. While you wait for the oven to get up to temperature, bring a pot or kettle full of water to a boil.

2. Set the bread pudding in its original baking container into a deep roasting pan. Make sure the baking pan ovenproof. If you originally baked the bread pudding in a microwave-safe pan, skip to step 5.

3. Pour boiling water into the roasting pan so that it comes three-fourths of the way up the side of the bread pudding dish.

4. Reheat the bread pudding, uncovered, in the oven at 300 F for 30 minutes or until a metal knife held for 2 seconds in the center of the pudding feels warm when removed.

5. Reheat bread pudding originally baked in a microwave-safe pan in the microwave on low power until the center becomes warm. This should take about 10 minutes, depending on your microwave's power and the amount of pudding you need to reheat.

References

• Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Creamy, Dreamy Bread Puddings a Comfort on Cool Nights
• Larchmont Gazette: Bread Pudding With Bananas, Spiced Apples and Brandied Raisins

Resources

• Cooks: Bread Pudding Recipes