A cupful of currants or dried cherries may be sprinkled between the slices.

Make a custard of two eggs beaten with a cup of sugar; add a quart of milk, and pour over the bread.

Cover with a plate, and set on the back of the stove an hour; then bake from half to three-quarters of an hour.

Serve very hot, as it falls when cool.
BREAD-AND-APPLE PUDDING.
Butter a deep pudding-dish, and put first a layer of crumbs, then one of any good acid apple, sliced rather thin, and so on till the dish is nearly full.

Six or eight apples and a quart of fresh crumbs will fill a two-quart dish.