14 bread and butter pudding recipes

Classic and new-school bread and butter pudding recipes

Or, what to do with leftover bread.

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

Ben Dearnley

Have more bread than you know what to do with? Day-old slices make the best bread and butter puddings, especially when teamed up with slow-baked apples, rhubarb and marmalade. For a luxe upgrade, substitute bread with whatever leftover pannetone, milk buns or croissants you have kicking around. And don’t just limit the bread and butter combination to the realm of desserts. Our savoury bread and butter pudding with bacon, eggs and salted maple syrup is delivers big time comfort for weekend brunches.

Bread and butter pudding with ricotta and chocolate

Bread and butter pudding with ricotta and chocolate

Lemon curd and almond bread and butter pudding

Lemon curd and almond bread and butter pudding

Marmalade croissant puddings

Marmalade croissant puddings

Heirloom apple pudding with vanilla custard

Heirloom apple pudding with vanilla custard

Rhubarb and custard bread pudding

Rhubarb and custard bread pudding

Bread and butter pudding with banana and butterscotch sauce

Bread and butter pudding with banana and butterscotch sauce

Bread and butter pudding with rhubarb compote

Bread and butter pudding with rhubarb compote

Bacon and egg pudding with salted maple

Bacon and egg pudding with salted maple

Philippa Sibley’s panettone bread and butter pudding with poached peaches

Philippa Sibley’s panettone bread and butter pudding with poached peaches

Verbena-scented bread and butter pudding, peaches, raspberries

Verbena-scented bread and butter pudding, peaches, raspberries

Chocolate and marmalade croissant pudding

Chocolate and marmalade croissant pudding

Classic bread and butter pudding

Classic bread and butter pudding

Rhubarb-strawberry milk bun pudding

Rhubarb-strawberry milk bun pudding

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

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