Considering my love of all things custard, I’m surprised I don’t like bread pudding. It’s rare that I taste one that I really like. I don’t know what it is, maybe that it’s essentially just soggy bread? I don’t like French toast either, so I suppose it makes sense.

This bread pudding came about because I had leftover challah from Easter. And some ripe bananas. We like banana, we like maple. Maybe this would work.

This is a quick dessert to make, and it’s not bad warm out of the oven. But neither Larry or I loved it, and most of it went untouched.

If you’re the type of person who likes bread pudding, you can find the recipe posted here.

• Maple-Banana Bread Pudding (The New York Times Dessert Cookbook, p. 426)