Bread Custard.

1½ cups breadcrumbs, 1 beaten egg, ½ teaspoon vanilla essence, 3 cupsful hot milk, 1 tablespoon butter, ¾ cup sugar.

Grease a pie-dish. Mix the crumbs with the milk in a saucepan. Bring to boil. Add butter.

Beat egg and sugar together. Stir in the milk mixture and vanilla essence. Turn into the pie-dish.

Place the dish in a baking tin containing enough boiling water to come to one-third on the sides. Bake in moderate oven for about three-quarters of an hour.

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