A Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 pound soft bread or biscuit
• 1 quart milk
• 7 eggs
• 3/4 pound sugar
• 1/4 pound butter
• nutmeg or cinnamon
• 1 gill rose-water
• 1 pound stoned raisins
• 1/2 pint cream

Instructions

1. Soak 1 pound soft bread or biscuit in 1 quart milk and run through a sieve or colander.
2. Add 7 eggs, 3/4 pound sugar, 1/4 pound butter, nutmeg or cinnamon, 1 gill rose-water, 1 pound stoned raisins and 1/2 pint cream.
3. Bake three quarters of an hour in a middling oven.