Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding)

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My Mom still makes this every weekend.

 

 

 

Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding)

 

2 cups brown sugar

1 whole clove

1 piece of stick cinnamon, 2 inches long

1/2 of a stick of butter or margarine

1 quart boiling water

1 loaf of French bread, oven dried or stale, and cubed

1 cup walnuts, pecans or almonds, chopped

1 cup seedless raisins, rinsed in hot water and

drained

1/4 lb. each jack cheese and (longhorn or cheddar

cheese), grated

 

Add the sugar, clove, cinnamon stick, and butter to

the boiling

water and allow to simmer until a light syrup forms.

Remove the

clove and the cinnamon stick.

In a a large buttered baking dish layer the dry bread

cubes,nuts,

raisins, and the mixed grated cheeses until all the

ingredients are

used. Now spoon the hot syrup evenly over the bread

mixture.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30

minutes. Serve

either hot or cold.