Nanny Kelley's Bread Pudding

This comes from a fading piece of paper, now tan with the 'receipt' written in ink, by my grandmother herself, Belva A Kelley.

This was a favorite of my late husbands. He adored her and her cooking. And she adored him right back :)

Nanny Kelley's Bread Pudding

1 1/2 cups of stale bread cubes
3 cups of milk
1/3 cup of sugar (you may alter this to taste)
2 eggs
pinch of salt
vanilla (I usually go with two tsps)

Scald milk and soak bread in it till soft.
Add sugar, beaten eggs, salt and flavoring.
Bake in moderate oven. The paper shows 325 degrees but there is a note in the margin that
says "I use 360 degrees.)
Note: She also wrote: You can add raisins if you like them.
Bake for 45 minutes.

I can tell you that I have always had to double this recipe. It disappeared too fast otherwise!