Budin de Pan, Traditional Puerto Rican White Bread Pudding

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Try this traditional Puerto Rican dessert at home! This sweet, dense budin de pan is a delicious treat to enjoy at any time of the year. Budin de pan translates into a traditional Puerto Rica white bread pudding that is the perfect dessert for any celebratory party or gathering. Serve this recipe with freshly whipped cream and/or your favorite vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• 12 (1-ounce) slices of white bread
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 can coconut milk
• 3 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup sugar
• freshly whipped cream or thawed whipped cream topping for serving

Preparation

Step 1

Tear pieces of bread into bite-sized pieces with your hands and place in a bowl. Then, mix in milk, eggs, coconut milk, sugar and raisins and break up the chunks of bread until mixture looks like a cake batter.

Butter a 3-quart glass pan and pour in bread batter.

Place into the oven at 350°F for 1 hour 20 minutes or until golden brown.

After cooling, cut into squares and top individually with a dollop of whipped topping.