Delicious Bread Pudding

I love good bread pudding!  It is a comfort food, so rich and lovely, and yet simple.  A few months ago, I attended an event at church where they served bread pudding for refreshments.  I came home with two wonderful recipes, both are shared here.  This one is the more traditional of the two, the second one is found here and has a more tropical taste.  I made this for Christmas dinner dessert.  Photo by Tiffany.

Delicious Bread Pudding
9 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 2/3 c. sugar
Stir these together with a whisk until thick and yellow.  Do not whip. Stir in slowly:
1 qt half and half
1 1/3 c. whipping cream

Toast 6 slices white bread and lay in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan.  Combine and sprinkle over the top:
1/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 c. raisins

Gently pour the cream and egg mixture over the toast and cinnamon, pushing bread down as it floats to the top.  Cover with foil and place on a baking sheet filled with water. Bake in 320 degree oven for 1 hour or until pudding is firm. Serve with fruit toppings, caramel or chocolate sauce.

Jenny