Bread and Butter Pudding

Bread and butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 quart milk
1 teaspoon flavoring, like vanilla

Cut thin slices of bread and remove crusts. Butter both sides and line the bottom and sides of the pudding dish with them.

Beat the eggs. Add milk, sugar, and flavoring. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle cinnamon or nutmeg over the top. Let stand for 20 minutes, then bake in a slow oven (300 degrees). As soon as the custard begins to thicken on the sides of the dish it is done, and should be removed at once or it will whey. (get watery)

Adapted from Mrs. Fryer’s Loose-Leaf Cook Book, 1922