Budín Salvadoreño

stale bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: day-old bread

Whole grain bread adds fiber while day-old bread reduces waste.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk lowers calories and is dairy-free.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free alternative, while margarine is often cheaper.

Prepare caramel by heating 1 cup of sugar until it melts, being careful not to burn it.

Quickly pour the caramel into a 23 cm diameter mold and spread it along the walls.

Grease the mold and set it aside.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Take 400 grams of bread and soak it in 5 cups of milk.

Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla (clear vanilla used) to the mixture.

Incorporate 2 eggs into the mixture.

Add 2 tablespoons of melted butter to the mixture.

Sweeten to taste with sugar (cane sugar recommended).

Add 3 bananas to the mixture for flavor.

Slice bananas to decorate the mold and arrange them inside.

Pour the mixture into the prepared mold.

Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 45 minutes.

Remove the budín from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes before inverting it to serve.

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