Bread Pudding with Onions and Bacon

There is no better aroma than cooked bacon,
along with some sauteed onions and herbs
this makes for one savory bread pudding.
Years ago my Grandmother used to make an
onion bread stuffing which she baked and
the top got all nice and crunchy brown.
But the inside was kind of dried out a bit.
So I came up with this savory bread pudding
which stays creamy inside and still has
that great brown crunch on the top.

Ingredients:
8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 large onions, peeled and sliced
4 cups stale white bread, cubed
1 pint cream
3 large eggs
2 cups water, or more
black pepper to taste

Directions:
Cut up bread into 1" pieces and set aside.
Saute bacon until browned and set aside.
Pour off bacon grease except 2 tablespoons.
Saute onions in same pan bacon was fried in,
stir with a wooden spoon to get up all of
those great tasting brown bits off the bottom.
Stir and saute until just carmelized.
Remove onions to cool, add bacon and stir.
in a mixing bowl combine cream,
water, eggs and black pepper.
Grease a big baking dish,
place 1/2 bread in dish, then 1/2 onions
and repeat to make layers of bread and onions.
Pour egg mixture over bread and onions,
let sit while oven is pre-heating to 350 degrees F.
Cover dish and bake about 1 hour or until done.