Bread (And Cookie) Pudding
["1 pt. half and half coffee cream", "3 eggs", "1 tsp. vanilla", "1/4 tsp. nutmeg", "1/2 c. sugar", "1/4 tsp. salt", "dry bread, cookies or cake; cubed (3 to 4 c.)"]
["Beat eggs gently (don't overbeat).", "Add sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla; blend.", "Add cubed bread, cookies or cake; stir. Place saucer on pudding for few minutes so dry ingredients don't float and soak up liquid.", "Cook in top of double boiler with water barely simmering; cook until table knife stuck in center comes out clean.", "Serve with scoop of ice cream for each serving."]
["coffee cream", "eggs", "vanilla", "nutmeg", "sugar", "salt", "bread"]