bread pudding

noun

plural bread puddings

: a dish consisting of bread pieces soaked in a mixture of eggs, milk, and usually sugar and spices and then baked

This easy-to-prepare bread pudding makes dessert out of ingredients you probably already have in the house.

—Joanne Lamb Hayes

Vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg star in this classic bread pudding recipe made with eggy challah bread.

—Frances Janisch

Now Savoy regulars have been nudging Susan to bring back her panettone bread pudding, created for New Year's Eve when she was Le Madri's pastry chef.

—Richard Sax

Modern bread puddings tend to be more custard than casserole, with the creamy factor playing a bigger role in the recipe's texture.

—Wynnie Stein

I'm not wild about stuffing, but I love bread pudding and often make savory versions to serve with roasted birds.

—Ann Lovejoy

Examples of bread pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For dessert, pastry chef Tonya Thomas provided peach cobbler bread pudding, topped with suya caramel and buttermilk ice cream. —Taryn White, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Options for desserts include Italian tiramisu, bread pudding and peach cobbler. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 20, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025

Dessert offerings include green tea soy milk bread pudding, a sesame cookie, or a monaka sandwich with a soybean shell, red bean paste, berry compote, and mochi. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

Metro Diner: Banana bread specials Metro Diner has a special limited-time Banana Bread lineup over Mother's Day, including Banana Bread pancakes, waffles, and bread pudding. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bread pudding

• gooding
• wooding