Bread Pudding – Sugar Spun Run

My traditional bread pudding recipe is simple and oh so cozy. Customise it with dried fruit, nuts, or chocolate, or hold it easy and serve with the buttery sauce. Recipe features a how-to video!

The BEST Bread Pudding Recipe

I’ve acquired so many requests for a bread pudding recipe, and I’m thrilled to be sharing my model simply in time for Christmas! Made with enriched bread soaked in a candy custard, it is a timeless and traditional dessert. It’s straightforward, deeply flavored, and extremely comforting.

Let’s get one factor straight proper from the beginning although: bread pudding shouldn’t be soggy. The highest must be golden and agency (mine has a pleasant barely crunchy texture from turbinado sugar) and the rest must be moist, smooth, and barely springy.

Why you’ll love my recipe:

• Customizable: the bread choices are limitless, and you may all the time toss in some chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit when you’d like. I additionally embody directions for turning the sauce right into a bourbon sauce (yum!).
• Straightforward: merely minimize your bread, toss it with the custard, and bake! The sauce is elective and you may completely skip it when you’re feeling additional lazy–the pudding nonetheless tastes nice with out it.
• Might be made prematurely: the bread can soak within the custard for a while, although I’ve discovered I can put mine within the oven immediately and it nonetheless comes out simply high-quality. It’s additionally a terrific dish for making ready prematurely then serving the subsequent day; simply let it sit coated within the fridge in a single day, then bake (similar to french toast casserole!).
• Not soggy! When ready correctly, this recipe will not end up soggy. Sure, it’s technically a custard, so it should have some jiggle when it’s heat, but it surely ought to not be moist or soggy. The hot button is to verify your bread is good and rancid.

What You Want

Easy however so good, my bread pudding recipe makes use of simply 11 substances! Listed below are crucial ones it is advisable to make it.

• Bread. Challah, brioche, or French bread are my desire, however you may actually use any, even selfmade bread or sourdough. Simply know that the bread you employ will alter the flavour of this bread pudding recipe; brioche and challah are buttery and subtly candy, whereas French bread is extra impartial and sourdough is, nicely, bitter. Additionally observe that one thing like plain white bread could be fairly smooth, so it is advisable to ensure it’s sufficiently stale so the dish doesn’t develop into too soggy.
• Eggs. Important for our custard! Room temperature eggs work finest, and we would like them nicely overwhelmed so there are not any clumps of cooked egg in our bread pudding.
• Vanilla and cinnamon. That is what I take advantage of to taste my bread pudding recipe, however you may all the time add a number of extras when you’d like. I embody a number of concepts under!
• Turbinado sugar. A bit turbinado sugar on high provides a pleasant texture, but it surely isn’t a should. And sure, even when serving this with the sauce, I nonetheless add the turbinado sugar (my web site doesn’t have sugar within the title for nothing!).

SAM’S TIP: Ensure your bread is good and rancid, that means it will probably take up the entire custard with out turning into soggy. I embody a trick for making contemporary bread stale in a rush within the recipe notes under.

Bear in mind, that is simply an summary of the substances I used and why. For the complete recipe please scroll all the way down to the underside of the submit!

Make Bread Pudding

1. Reduce your stale bread into 1″ items, then place in a big mixing bowl.
2. Whisk collectively the sugars, melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl till nicely mixed. Add the eggs and whisk very nicely till integrated.
3. Pour within the milk and cream and whisk to mix.
4. Evenly pour the custard over your cubed bread items.

5. Gently toss the bread cubes and the custard combination collectively with a spatula till the bread is evenly coated.
6. Unfold the combination right into a 2.5 qt casserole dish, ensuring to incorporate any custard liquid within the backside of the bowl.
7. Add the butter items overtop and sprinkle with turbinado sugar if desired.
8. Bake for 50-55 minutes at 375F (190C). Your bread pudding is finished when the middle is calmly jiggly and the floor is evenly browned.

SAM’S TIP: Let the bread pudding cool a bit earlier than serving. I prefer it finest heat (although you’ll be able to serve it chilly) however don’t minimize into it immediately when it comes out of the oven.

Sauce

1. Stir collectively the butter, sugars, cream, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low warmth. As soon as the sugar melts, improve the meat to medium.
2. Convey the combination to a boil, stirring typically. As soon as it reaches a rolling boil, take away and stir within the vanilla extract.
3. Let the sauce cool for about 10 minutes, then drizzle half over the bread pudding. Reserve the remaining sauce for pouring over particular person slices.

SAM’S TIP: In the event you like bourbon, you’ll be able to add a splash (2-3 teaspoons) to the glaze alongside the vanilla extract. It makes for fairly a powerful bourbon taste although, so solely do that when you like that kind of factor.

Steadily Requested Questions

How do you want your bread pudding–plain, or jazzed up with all of the add-ins? I’d love to listen to how your loved ones enjoys this dessert!

Take pleasure in!

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