Bread pudding has been traced to the 11th and 12th centuries in England, as people baked this treat to use up leftover bread. Even in those times, they were thinking about not wasting food! That said, bread puddings are famously easy to put together and fit right into the Seriously Simple cooking philosophy.
Today, you can find bread puddings speckled with black or white truffles and exotic cheeses for savory versions, and sweet white chocolate and colorful red and blue berries for dessert versions. The creamy, comforting dessert you see here was well-tested with many tweaks.
