Editing Bread pudding (section)

==History==

Bread pudding originated with 11th-century English cooks who repurposed leftover stale bread. In the following centuries, the dish became known as "poor man's pudding" because of the scarcity of food at the time, with the pudding being made only with boiling water, sugar, and spices.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-20 |title=History of Bread Pudding |url=https://juleeho.com/food-history-101-blog/history-of-bread-pudding |access-date=2023-06-08|type= photography blog |website=Julee Ho Media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Origin Story Of The Famous Bread Pudding |url=https://www.slurrp.com/article/the-origin-story-of-the-famous-bread-pudding-1661015209525 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Slurrp |language=en}}{{user-generated inline|date=June 2023}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2023}}

It was only in the 13th century that eggs and milk were added to the recipe, which then became known as "bread and butter pudding".<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Bread Pudding.jpg|thumb|American bread pudding]]
The 18th-century [[English cuisine|English]] cookbook ''[[The Compleat Housewife]]'' contains two recipes for baked bread pudding. The first is identified as "A Bread and Butter Pudding for Fasting Days". To make the pudding a [[baking dish]] is lined with [[puff pastry]], and slices of [[penny loaf]] with [[butter]], [[raisins]] and [[Zante currant|currants]], and pieces of butter are added in alternating layers. Over this is poured thickened, spiced [[cream]] and [[orange blossom water]], and the dish is baked in the [[oven]]. There is another version of the dish that is simpler, omitting the spices and dried fruits.

With the arrival of the first settlers in the 13 English Colonies in America, bread pudding became popular in the colonies and later in the United States.<ref name=":0" /> [[File:BreadPudding.jpg|thumb|Bread pudding served at a restaurant in [[Harmony, Minnesota]]]]