My Bread Pudding
From lor 17 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is an amazing recipe for an amazing bread pudding!!!
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs + 1 egg yolk shopping list
- 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 2 cups whole milk or you can substitute store bought eggnog for the whole milk shopping list
- 2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 3 Tbsp. good quality bourbon or Irish whiskey shopping list
- 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 3/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 tsp. salt shopping list
- 12 oz. of quality white bread, about 3/8" thick,in 1-1/2" cubes shopping list
- Note: I use French bread shopping list
- 3 Tbsp. melted unsalted butter shopping list
- bourbon Sauce: shopping list
- 3/4 cup butter shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 1 egg, lightly beaten shopping list
- 2-3 Tbsp. bourbon or Irish whiskey depends on your personal taste shopping list
- In a medium-size saucepan over low heat, melt butter; add sugar and beaten egg, whisking to blend well. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and whisk in bourbon to taste; let cool. Whisk and reheat before serving. The sauce should be soft, creamy, and smooth. shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the first 8 ingredients together.
- Put the bread and butter together in a large bowl and mix lightly.
- Add the wet mixture to the bread, and let soak for 15-20 minutes
- Butter a 9 x 13 baking dish or put in muffin cups if you want individual portions.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, depends on your oven.
- Look for the custard to solidify, and the top to become a light golden brown.
- If your oven heats hot, you might put your dish in a water bath while cooking, about 1 inch high.
- You can create any number of variations with this recipe.
- Add 2 cups of sauteed apples, or some chocolate chips and coconut with nuts, or sauteed bananas.
- You can make it savory by leaving out the sugar,vanilla and bourbon and adding zucchini and gruyere, or sausages and carmelized onions, any combination you want.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Please check your public page for my RAVE! You got my 5,555,555 for this one, lor.
Lorraine
lacrenshaw
in Horsham loved it
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That's my problem, I never put in the bourbon...dumb me.
organicmama
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