Date Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Date Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe, first cut half of a small loaf of white bread into thin slices, trim off the crusts, and spread each with butter and a thin layer of quince or apple jelly. Line a buttered pudding dish with them, and spread over half a cup of cleaned dates, stoned and cut in small pieces. Then put in another layer of the spread bread, and another half cup of dates. Finish with the bread simply buttered. Cover with a custard made with one quart of milk, three eggs, half a cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour it slowly over the bread, and let it stand half-an hour. Bake in a moderate oven about one hour. Serve with sweet sauce or cream and sugar.