Spiced Bread Pudding
This bread pudding is moist and incredibly flavorful with a crunchy top. I make it every Christmas, or whenever a baguette is left out for too long, not that that ever happens in our house.
Yield
12 servingsPrep
30 minCook
90 minReady
120 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cake | |||
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
raisins, seedless
currants, cranberries or dried cherries |
|
| 1 | cup |
pecans
toasted and chopped |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
nutmeg
ground |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
allspice
ground |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cardamom seeds
ground |
|
| 8 | cups |
bread
bite sized pieces |
*
|
| 4 | cups |
milk
whole |
|
| 1 | stick |
butter
melted |
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Strawberry sauce | |||
| 4 | cups |
strawberries
|
*
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
Triple Sec
grand marnier |
* |
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
cornstarch
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
water
cold |
|
| Or hard sauce | |||
| 2 | stick |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
dark rum
or brandy |
* |
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
nutmeg
freshly grated |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cake: | |||
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
raisins, seedless
currants, cranberries or dried cherries |
|
| 237 | ml |
pecans
toasted and chopped |
|
| 5 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 5 | ml |
nutmeg
ground |
|
| 5 | ml |
allspice
ground |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cardamom seeds
ground |
|
| 1.9 | l |
bread
bite sized pieces |
*
|
| 946 | ml |
milk
whole |
|
| 113 | g |
butter
melted |
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 15 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Strawberry sauce: | |||
| 946 | ml |
strawberries
|
*
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
Triple Sec
grand marnier |
* |
| 118 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 15 | ml |
cornstarch
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
water
cold |
|
| Or hard sauce: | |||
| 226 | g |
butter
softened |
|
| 237 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
dark rum
or brandy |
* |
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
nutmeg
freshly grated |
|
Directions
Prepare bread pudding:
Grease a 9 by 13inch baking pan
In a laaarge bowl combine sugar, raisins, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom. Add bread pieces
In a separate bowl combine milk, melted butter, eggs and vanilla
Pour liquid over bread mixture and stir until bread has absorbed liquid
Pour into baking pan, place on rack in center of cold oven and set to 350, bake 1½ hours or until golden brown.
Serve either with hard sauce or strawberry sauce
Strawberry sauce:
Ina medium saucepan combine strawberries, grand marnier and sugar. Cover and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes
In small bowl combine cornstarch and water
Stir mixture into strawberries, stir for 2 minutes to thicken, serve warm
Hard sauce:
Beat butter and sugar until light, add other ingredients and beat for five minutes until light.
