best bread pudding recipe
Craving something warm, comforting, and deliciously indulgent? Look no further than this classic bread pudding recipe.
Ingredients
For the Pudding Base
- 1 16 oz loaf French bread
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the Vanilla Cream Sauce
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Spray a 9"x13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray
- Cut bread into 1"-2" squares and add to large bowl
- In another bowl whisk together your milk, cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until combined
- Pour over bread and stir gently to coat, let soak for about 20 minutes
- Spread into baking dish and bake in oven for about 50-60 minutes until center is set
- In saucepan whisk together sugar, flour and heavy cream until combined
- Add in your butter and heat on medium until butter melts and liquid starts to boil, whisk until thickened slightly then remove from heat and stir in vanilla