Anyone have a "healthy" bread pudding recipe?

Bread pudding is essentially stale bread, butter, eggs, milk, and sugar. You can make it healthier by using non fat milk, margarine, and low cal sweetener. Then you can add all sorts of flavors with very few calories: vanilla extract, cinnamon, dried fruits, etc - I love to make it with shredded coconut, bananas, and crushed pineapple. Obviously you would want to skip a decadent sauce to top with, but hopefully you can tweak your bread pudding base to be tasty on its own!

Everyone's bread pudding is a little different - I would experiment until you find the egg/bread ratio texture you like.
Basically, I use about 4 cups of bread, 2 tablespoons melted "butter," 3 beaten eggs, 2 cups skim milk, up to 3/4c "sugar" (you can use less) plus any add-ons like 1/2c raisins, 1tsp cinnamon, 1tsp vanilla extract, etc.

When I make it with coconut, bananas and crushed pineapple I use less milk because the pineapple already adds so much moisture.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

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