Very Plain Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• Odd pieces of crust or crumb of bread
• to every quart
• 1/2 teaspoonful salt
• 1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
• 3 oz moist sugar
• 1/2 lb currants
• 1-1/4 oz butter

Instructions

1. Break the bread into small pieces, and pour on them as much boiling water as will soak them well.
2. Let these stand till the water is cool;
3. then press it out, and mash the bread with a fork until it is quite free from lumps.
4. Measure this pulp, and to every quart stir in salt, nutmeg, sugar, and currants in the above proportion;
5. mix all well together, and put it into a well-buttered pie-dish.
6. Smooth the surface with the back of a spoon, and place the butter in small pieces over the top;
7. bake in a moderate oven for 1-1/2 hour, and serve very hot.
8. Boiling milk substituted for the boiling water would very much improve this pudding.