Inside: Keep reading to find out how to make this delicious Mexican dessert known as “budin de pan” or Mexican bread pudding.
Mexico may be best known for its more savory recipes like tacos, tostadas, birria, and more, but we also have many delicious sweet desserts that you won’t want to miss out on. Today, I am going to share a recipe for my favorite dessert, which is budin de pan. It is similar to bread pudding, and incorporates so many simple ingredients such as day-old bread (bolillos), evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and more.
This easy dessert is a common recipe around the holidays, but can be prepared any time of the year when you are craving a tasty, sweet Mexican recipe. Today I am going to share the traditional recipe and I hope you enjoy it!
What is Budin de Pan?
Budin de pan is a very sweet, moist dessert that is popular in Mexican cuisine. You can make it with leftover bread. It can be any type of bread, including white bread, but in Mexico it is most common to use the bread known as bolillos (french bread).
This recipe is very common throughout Mexico because of how simple it is to make and because of how delicious it is! The combination of ingredients creates an amazing flavor that you and your family will love. This recipe has some similarities to the popular capirotada recipe that you can find here, but it is made differently and has its own unique flavor as well.
How do you make Budin de Pan?
The steps to make this recipe are very simple, and basically consists of soaking the stale bread in the milk mixture for a few minutes and adding the rest of the ingredients a little bit at a time. Then it is placed in an oven-safe bread pan and baked until ready. The final result is a delcious bread pudding type dessert that you and your guests will be coming back for again and again.
The ingredients you will need to make this recipe are the following
- 6 pieces of bread (bolillos that have been left out overnight work best)
- Butter
- Whole milk
- Evaporated Milk (leche evaporada)
- Sweetened condensed milk (leche condensada)
- Ground cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Raisins
To make this recipe, you will start by pre-heating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, take the bread and cut it into small pieces and put them in a large bowl. After that, you will add the whole milk and evaporated milk to the bowl with the bread and mix it with a large spoon, letting it soak for about 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes have passed, you will mash the bread and milk mixture with a potato masher to get a smooth, soft consistency and then set it aside.
The next step is to melt 3/4 stick of the butter in the microwave, setting aside the remaining 1/4 stick to prepare the baking dish.
Add the melted butter to the bread and milk combination and mix well. You will then mix in the eggs until everything is perfectly incorporated. Immediately after, add the cinnamon, vanilla (esencia de vainilla), sweetened condensed milk, and mix well before mixing in the raisins.
Prepare the bread pan by greasing it with the remaining butter, ensuring that the entire surface is covered with the butter. Add the mixture and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out clean.
Let the budin de pan cool for a short time at room temperature until you can remove it from the baking pan. Cut into slices and serve with hot chocolate for a delicious bread dessert.
For full instructions, see the recipe card below. Don’t forget to let me know how this delicious treat turns out for you!
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Budin de Pan (Mexican Bread Pudding)
Ingredients
- 6 bolillos french bread or other day old bread
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1 Cup Whole Milk
- 1 Can Evaporated Milk
- 1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup Raisins
Instructions
- Start by pre-heating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, take the bread and cut it into small pieces and put them in a large bowl. After that, you will add the whole milk and evaporated milk to the bowl with the bread and mix it with a large spoon, letting it soak for about 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes have passed, you will mash the bread and milk mixture with a potato masher to get a smooth, soft consistency and then set it aside.
- Melt 3/4 stick of the butter in the microwave, setting aside the remaining 1/4 stick to prepare the baking dish.
- Add the melted butter to the bread and milk combination and mix well.
- Mix in the eggs until everything is perfectly incorporated. Immediately after, add the cinnamon, vanilla (esencia de vainilla), sweetened condensed milk, and mix well before mixing in the raisins.
- Prepare the bread pan by greasing it with the remaining butter, ensuring that the entire surface is covered with the butter.
- Add the mixture and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out clean.
- Let the budin de pan cool for a short time at room temperature until you can remove it from the baking pan. Cut into slices and serve with hot chocolate for a delicious bread dessert.
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