Unleashing Epic Flavors: Praline Sauce Bread Pudd

This is a wonderful family recipe I often make at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Recipe Details

Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 25 mins
Servings:
16
Yield:
16 servings

Ingredients

  • ¼cupbutter, melted

  • 2cupshalf-and-half

  • 2cupsmilk

  • 1(1 pound) loafsoft French bread, torn into small pieces

  • 3eggs, lightly beaten

  • 3cupswhite sugar

  • 4teaspoonsvanilla extract

  • 1 ½teaspoonsground cinnamon

  • ¼cupraisins, or more to taste (Optional)

  • ½poundunsalted butter

  • 1cupheavy cream

  • 1cupbrown sugar

  • ½cupchopped toasted pecans

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat a 13×9-inch baking dish with 1/4 cup melted butter.

  2. Pour half and half and milk over bread in a large mixing bowl; let soak for 10 minutes before gently stirring. Stir eggs into the bread mixture until incorporated. Add sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and raisins respectively, stirring each addition into the mixture before adding the next. Spoon bread mixture into prepared baking dish.

  3. Bake in preheated oven until bread mixture is firm and pudding-like, about 50 minutes.

  4. Stir 1/2 pound unsalted butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar together in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, stir pecans into the cream mixture, and simmer until the sugar is dissolved and the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes; pour over bread pudding to serve.

Nutrition Facts

Full Nutrition Label
Servings Per Recipe16
Calories540
% Daily Value *
Total Fat
28g
36%
Saturated Fat
16g
79%
Cholesterol
103mg
34%
Sodium
329mg
14%
Total Carbohydrate
68g
25%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Total Sugars
50g
Protein
7g
Vitamin C
1mg
3%
Calcium
112mg
9%
Iron
1mg
8%
Potassium
196mg
4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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