Budin (Puerto Rican Bread Pudding)

It took me back home. I love it! I added 1/2 tsp of fresh ground ginger and 2 of the little boxes of raisins.

favorite bread pudding recipe ever. everybody in my family raves about it. you may need to make more caramel sauce than the original calls for; i always do. this recipe makes a lot, and i use two medium-sized, round casserole dishes to make two individual puddings. doing that makes the finished product look like a giant flan; it's really very pretty.

This has to be the BEST bread pudding I have ever tasted. Absolutely delicious. I need to improve on my caramel abilities (I cooked it to hard crack stage) but even that did not spoil the dish. Will make this recipe over and over again. mlnordeste

I am Puertorrican, and this took back home. Amazing and very authentic recipe. I used Almond extract instead of anise. I just like the flavor better. I took one pan of puding to work, and it lasted 15 minutes. This is yummy!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

This is a great recipe. The budin turned out absolutely beautiful, even my mom asked for the recipe. The only thing for me is that the spice tea needs to be more concentrated. Next time I'll add more spice and maybe even some ground spice right to the egg mixture. But overall it's very yummy!

By far this is the best I've tried. I've been making this quite a few times for almost 2yrs now. My husband is from PR and budin is his favorite. He's been wanting some for a long time and I have tried couple of recipes until I came across this one...HE LOVES it.

this is a very good and easyy to follow recipe!!!!!!! I had to substitute the tea mixture with grounds .. was out of sticks and whole cloves.. I also subbed the anise with almond extract and it worked out nicely!! I am definetly going to used the recipe again and more often Thanks for sharing.. oh and your direction are so clear and to the point love that especially!!!

This was very good! Everyone enjoyedjavascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentPlaceholder$edit$saveButton','')! I think I put too much milk in it, so it ended up more like a flan, but still delicious.

wow! i just made this and i've been looking for a recipe like this for years! ha thank you it's awesome

This Budin was great, I have made it twice and everyone loves it! It better than the ones you buy in PR at the bakery.

I have never had budin, but my boyfriend is from Puerto Rico & was talking about missing their fantastic bread pudding. I surprised him with this & he absolutely raved about it. Thank you for helping me bring "home" to him!

I have made several recipes but this one is a hit. Everyone loves it. Its really easy to make I add some raisins. I thought that I was in Puerto Rico with my family sharing this budin.

I tried this recipe, and followed it as listed, and this BUDIN IS THE BEST I'VE EVER HAD!!! Everyone in the family LOVED it!! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I will be making this more often..

I made this for my parents they love bread pudding, they have traveled alot thru out the years and tried many different ones. Yours was the best they ever had. Mom and Dad are loving it, thanks.

I made this recipe for Thanksgiving 2014. I recommend that this particular item be made 2 days in advance. Solely because, the flavors are outstanding and quite better the more time given to marinate as it cools. On Thanksgiving Day my mom and I decided to take a taste. It was after all my first bread pudding . My brother saw and decide to do the same 1 hour later it was practically gone. I'm Puerto Rican, it reminded my mother and I of our island. Particularly the first step, traditionally we make that spiced water as our tea when sick. I'd give it more than 5 stars but that's all I'm allowed to give. This recipe is simply divine!

I wanted to make it exactly as directed, but had a difficult time finding anise seed. I substituted 1 teaspoon vanilla for the anise seed and it came out excellent.

this was so fun to make with my kids and it came out sooooo good! i was so proud to have made this buddin it taste better than the ones i bought in the bodegas yummmy! thanks for helping me

This really is a great recipe. Turned out great and was yummy. I've made Budin before with raisins but this receipe was great without it still.

This recipe literally brought tears to my eyes when I tasted it. For years I have been longing to have a "budin de pan" like my grandmother's and this one was by far the BEST!!! I loved it!

This recipe is great! my grandma use to make this pudding and I was craving it. I'm not sure what her exact recipe was but this one is very close to what I remember. I would like to try to make it with craisins instead of raisins to see how it turns out!

Good taste. The directions were not clear on the quantity it made. There is way more than one loaf pan's worth.

This was FANTASTIC!!! The only thing I did different was I didn't cut the ends off the bread b/c I used hamburger and hot dog buns that were left over from the 4th of July - Didn't want them to go to waste. That's the only thing I did differently. This was a true hit and a keeper of a recipe.

Fantastic!

Excellent. Very authentic.

It is delicious. My aunt use to make when the family gets together on Sundays. This recipe is very authentic. I will make it again.

This was my first ever bread pudding and now I'm hooked. Delicious cannot even begin to describe how great this turned out. One small note. The recipe was enough to fill 2 loaf pans so I had to caramalize a second batch of sugar.

I decided to make this for a friend's Puerto Rican party but tried it our first at work where many of the secretaries are Puerto Rican. They told me it was the best budin they had ever had! I'm hoping the second try will go as well. I made it today and added raisins to the mix. I found I need to bake it for 1 hour 30 minutes to avoid it being wet in the center.

The caramel sauce for the top was a little tricky.

Delicious!

My PR friend made this with dried cranberries. The sweetness was just right, not overpowering or sugary, and it was delicious! I usually don't eat sweets but this was a surprise! If I make it and she's supposed to share the recipe, I'll add some rum! My mother used to make a rum cake that was to "die for"! This seems like something that I can work with. My mother's recipes were always "in her head!" Lol. I think some tradition was lost but she was totally old-school! Luv ya Mom...RIP!

Awesome recipes came out really good

Okay, I left out some of the spices and did not do the caramel on the bottom but followed the basic recipe. Fantastic but overly sweet.

The bread pudding was a super big hit at the Porto Rican dinner we attended. Just delicious. My only problem, I evidently didn’t cook the caramel topping long enough because when I plated the pudding it had soaked into the cake with some still left in the pan. Edie

My husband made this and it was phenomenal.

Delicious. I used Truvia instead of regular sugar (except for the caramel) and it was to die for.

this recipe turn up great, i made two for thanksgiving one with raisins one without, both delicious a must made again i did add a little bit of milk cause i didn’t want it to be to dense, both were gone in two days

Es riquísimo! Le añadí pasas pero el resto lo hice igual. / it’s delicious! I added raisins but the rest kept as is.

Im sure it will take me another try to get this down but for the first try, it was very good. I used sweeten condensed milk and evaporated milk. I cut back on all that sugar and used 1/2 cup and another 1/2 cup. As it turns out, it was plenty sweet. I will make it again and up date my review later. But for now, it's definitely a 5 star.. You must try.

I added raisins.

I love baking for my dad. Papi loves old school Puerto Rican desserts. I made this a couple of weeks ago and he loved it. I’m making it again today except this time I’m doubling the recipe. Thanks for the exact measurements! I didn’t have to change a thing.

this is a very good and easyy to follow recipe!!!!!!! I had to substitute the tea mixture with grounds .. was out of sticks and whole cloves.. I also subbed the anise with almond extract and it worked out nicely!! I am definetly going to used the recipe again and more often Thanks for sharing.. oh and your direction are so clear and to the point love that especially!!!

This recipe is fantastic. It has great flavor and comes together easily. However, I do wish there was a little more explanation and instruction about how to make the caramel for the bottom as that is a bit more advanced. I will be keeping this recipe and making it for the holidays.

EXCELLENT👍👍👍 Deliciously perfect in every way!
I made 2 loaves. Can one of them be frozen???

My family loved it