Bread Pudding with Vanilla Custard Sauce

Today is my dad’s birthday and we are celebrating with his favorite dessert-Bread Pudding with Vanilla Custard Sauce. I love celebrating birthdays, especially when dessert is involved:) And we love celebrating my dad because he is the BEST dad on the planet.

My dad came to visit us for Christmas and we made this bread pudding on Christmas Day. We’ve both made bread pudding before, but not together, and we wanted to perfect our recipes. Well, we did it because we both loved this bread pudding and so did everyone else at the dinner table.

My dad keeps asking me for the recipe, I wrote it down in my secret blog notebook, and told him I would share it soon. Well, soon ended up being February, but hey, it makes a great birthday present:)

So what makes a perfect bread pudding? We started with stale French bread. You want to use stale bread so the bread will absorb all of the custard. If you don’t have stale bread, you can toast it in the oven to dry it out. You don’t want a soggy bread pudding, or at least I don’t:)

We also made sure we added plenty of cinnamon and raisins. If you don’t like raisins, you can leave them out, but if you know my dad, you know raisins are his favorite food. I think that is why bread pudding is my dad’s favorite dessert. It’s just another excuse to eat raisins:)

We made a simple vanilla custard sauce to pour over the bread pudding. Don’t skip the sauce. You will want to lick it off your plate.

Dad-we are sticking a candle in your piece of bread pudding and singing happy birthday! We hope you enjoy your special dessert and special day. We love you!

And if you don’t have a birthday to celebrate, you can still enjoy Bread Pudding with Vanilla Custard Sauce. It is the perfect dessert for winter. You can’t beat a warm piece of bread pudding with a drizzle of vanilla custard sauce. Comfort food at it’s finest!

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Bread Pudding with Vanilla Custard Sauce

Yield: 8-10 Servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 65 minutes

Bread pudding with cinnamon, raisins, and a vanilla custard sauce.

Ingredients:

For the Bread Pudding:

1 loaf stale French bread,cut into 1-inch squares (about 7 cups)
3 cups 2% milk
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup raisins
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

For the Vanilla Custard Sauce:

1 cup heavy cream
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
6 egg yolks
1/8 teaspoon rum extract, optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Put the bread and milk in a large bowl and mix until all of the milk is absorbed.

2. In a separate bowl, beat eggs, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and allspice together. Pour the mixture over the bread and stir to combine. Gently stir in the raisins.

3. Pour butter into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Coat the bottom and the sides of the pan with the butter. Pour in the bread mix and bake for 40 minutes, or until the bread pudding is set and the corners are slightly browned. Let cool on a wire rack while you make the custard sauce.

4. To make the vanilla custard sauce, heat the milk and cream in a medium saucepan until boiling. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and rum extract. In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar and egg yolks until combined and a light yellow color. Temper the egg yolks by whisking in a few tablespoons of the hot cream mixture, until you've added about half of the cream mixture. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the pan with the remaining cream mixture and stir over medium heat with a wooden spoon until the custard thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum extract, if using.

5. Cut the bread pudding into squares and drizzle vanilla custard sauce over each piece.

Note-the bread pudding is best served warm.

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