Use-Up-The-Bagels-Bread Pudding — Unwritten Recipes (2024)

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Use-Up-The-Bagels-Bread Pudding — Unwritten Recipes? ›

When it comes to what to make with leftover bagels, you have a bunch of options. You can add them to casseroles, turn them into bread crumbs or croutons, freeze them, or prepare them into frozen breakfast sandwiches.

When it comes to what to make with leftover bagels, you have a bunch of options. You can add them to casseroles, turn them into bread crumbs or croutons, freeze them, or prepare them into frozen breakfast sandwiches.

You can assemble the bread pudding in the casserole dish up to a day before baking it. Cover it and refrigerate until ready to bake. Let it warm on the counter while your oven preheats and then bake as usual. Note that the longer you soak the bread pudding the softer and more custard-like the interior will be.

Made with basic pantry ingredients and some day-old bread (try a rich egg bread or a moist white loaf), this easy recipe can be served for breakfast or dessert with milk poured over top or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

First, bagels can have more calories and carbs than bread because the serving size tends to be higher. However, this does not inherently make bagels less healthy, it just means when you eat a bagel you need to pay attention to how much you're eating and what you're pairing with it.

Making Bread Pudding

It can be enjoyed straight out of the oven or cooled from the refrigerator (although I promise you, warmed-up is way better). I have also heard of a lot of people eating it as a breakfast dish, and I bet it is incredible with maple syrup and berries.

The harder bread will absorb that custard and won't break down. Any non-sliced white bread, like sourdough, French, or Challah will do. Using thin, sliced bread doesn't have enough heft and will likely lead to a mushy pudding.

Yep, it's perfectly fine to freeze bread pudding for up to 3 months. After baking it and completely cooling, double-wrap the bread pudding securely with aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Before serving, reheat in a 300°F-oven until warmed through.

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.

Do you eat bread pudding with a spoon or fork? ›

Advice: Ditch the fork – it's completely superfluous – and dig in with the spoon!

Bake about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Another way to judge whether the pudding is fully baked, is to gently press down on the center of the pudding. If any custard comes up to the top, the pudding needs to be baked a little longer.

What can you put on a bagel other than cream cheese? butter, cheese, ham, turkey, lettuce, mayo, smoked whitefish, tomatoes, peanut butter, olive spread, red peppers, etc. Literally anything you can add to a sandwich can also be added to a bagel.

Wrap each bagel half in plastic wrap, foil, or beeswax paper. (This is to prevent the bagel halves from sticking and freezing to each other). Place the bagels in a freezer-safe bag. Freeze and store for up to 3-4 months.

For Longer Storage, Freeze Bagels

While keeping bagels in a paper bag is a fine storage solution if you plan on eating them within 48 hours, your best bet to ensure long-term freshness is to freeze bagels as soon as possible.

Another option is freezing your bagels. Frozen, they will keep for 3-4 months in an airtight bag. Don't forget to pre-slice them! Another “cool” face about freezing bagels: they don't even need to be thawed before toasting.

"The portion size of most packaged bagels is equal to just over three slices of bread. Enjoying a bagel every morning is fine if you watch your portion size. Consider eating half a bagel one day and the other half the next day," says Laura M. Ali, M.S., RDN, a culinary nutritionist in Pittsburgh.