Brioche bread and butter pudding

Name: Brioche bread and butter pudding
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 50 g softened butter (plus extra to grease); 6 brioche; 2 tbsp demerara sugar; 35 g sultanas; 500 ml whole milk; 120 ml double cream; 6 eggs

Use some brioche to take bread and butter pudding up a knotch. This delicious twist on a classic pudding will be loved by all the family.

Brioche bread and butter pudding, takes regular bread and butter pudding and takes it up a notch.

I love regular bread and butter pudding but normally when I make it, i’ve just use up leftover slices from regular loaves of bread. This recipe uses brioche (with chocolate chips) instead to make it even more indulgent. I’d highly recommend it – the top crisps up nicely and the little chunks of chocolate add a tasty little bite throughout.

Regular bread and butter pudding adds sultanas or raisins to add a little extra sweetness and interest. The brioche I used had chocolate chips in it, so I added some more because why not? If you don’t have chocolate chips, then stick with the sultanas. It’s just as nice!

How can kids help make this brioche bread and butter pudding?

This is such a classic, simple dessert with loads for your kids to help with. My kids can make buttering bread look really difficult at times, so this is a great opportunity for them to practice. It also uses a lot of eggs, so kids can have a turn of cracking them and mixing them into the milk.

There are also lots of little steps, like buttering the dish and sprinkling over the sugar which are great easy jobs for little kids to help with. Even toddlers should be able to help pour the egg/milk mixture over the top or help lay the slices of brioche into the dish.

Difficulty: Medium

Time: 25 minutes + 40 minutes cooking

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

50g softened butter, plus extra to grease
6 brioche
2-3 tbsp demerara sugar
35g sultanas or chocolate chips
500ml whole milk
120ml double cream
6 eggs

How to make brioche bread and butter pudding

Preheat the oven to 190C / 180C Fan and prepare your dish

Get your toddler to lightly butter 18 x 23cm (approx) baking dish.

Prepare the brioche

Cut the brioche into in half, or into 1cm strips if your brioche are larger, then get your child to help you butter them on one side. Place them in a large bowl and set aside for now.

Prepare the baking dish by sprinkling 1-2 tbsp of the sugar and all the sultanas or chocolate chips over the bottom of the dish.

Prepare the wet ingredients

Get your child to measure the milk into a jug. If you have digital scales you can set them to ml to make measuring a bit easier and more accurate.

Crack the eggs, into a separate bowl (to make sure you don’t get any shell in), then add them to the milk. Give it all a good whisk.

Pour half the mixture over the bowl of bread – just enough to cover it.

Arrange the bread in the dish

When the mixture has soaked in a little arrange the brioche in the serving dish so the pieces are overlapping.

Pour the rest of the milk and egg mixture on top then sprinkle the remaining sugar on top.

Cook the brioche pudding

Bake in the oven for 35–40 minutes until it’s cook through and golden brown.

Serve and enjoy.