Old-Fashioned Southern Bread Pudding

3 cups day-old bread cubes

⅓ cup raisins

1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 ½ cups milk

½ cup white sugar

¼ cup buttermilk

2 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 dash ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Spread bread cubes and raisins in a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Mix applesauce, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Pour mixture over bread.

Mix milk, sugar, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in another bowl and pour over bread. Sprinkle top with a dash of cinnamon.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.