I had a lot of left over buns from my birthday barbecue, so each day I tried to use up the bread. Who knew hamburger buns made for delicious garlic bread and croutons? (Just brush them with butter, salt, and herbs and bake it for 20 minutes!) My favorite recipe though was the bread pudding one. So good I ate it all before even taking a picture of it!

Just chilling after eating

Bread Pudding

2 cups milk

¼ cup butter, melted

3 eggs, slightly beaten

¾ cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

6 cups soft bread cut in cubes (about 6 buns)

Heat oven to 350 F. In large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, spices, salt, vanilla. Stir in bread. Stir in milk and butter. Pour into 9×9 pan. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.

Makes 9 servings of 252 calories each.