We are still “vacationing” at our family friend’s house while we finish our kitchen remodel. We miss our neighborhood, own bed, and kitchen, but we are extremely grateful to have a nice place to stay while our house is under construction. One of the best parts of staying with our family friends is Sunday dinner. It is quite the event-yesterday there were 18 people at the table. We enjoyed a tasty meal with an amazing dessert-raspberry bread pudding.
In Utah, there is a popular bakery and cafe’ called Kneaders. I have eaten there before-they have a great veggie sandwich, but I have never had their desserts. I guess they are well known for their raspberry bread pudding, our friends were raving about it. Bread pudding loaded with raspberries and topped off with a vanilla cream sauce-it sounded heavenly! Luckily, I didn’t have to wait long to try it, we made it for Sunday night dessert.
The recipe is loaded with cream and butter-a good sign for your taste buds, maybe not your hips:) If you want to indulge, go ahead and use cream. We lightened up the recipe by using 2% milk and it was still really rich. The red raspberries add nice color and a burst of robust flavor to the bread pudding. The vanilla cream sauce takes this dessert over the top! We drizzled a spoonful over each serving of bread pudding. This dessert is decadent and comforting.
Thank you to our friends for introducing us to Kneaders famous raspberry bread pudding. We are grateful to have such wonderful friends who share their home, kitchen, and favorite desserts.
Raspberry Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- Cream Mixture:
- 1 1/2 loaves aged white bread, cut into 1 ½ inch cubes
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Raspberry Filling:
- 5 cups raspberries fresh or frozen
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- Vanilla Sauce:
- 1 1/3 cups unsalted butter
- 5 tablespoons flour
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In large bowl combine cream, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Add bread cubes to the cream mixture. Mix until all of the bread cubes are well coated. Let sit for 30 minutes so the bread can soak up the cream mixture. Stir every five minutes.
- 2. In a medium bowl, combine the raspberries, sugar, and apple juice. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- 3. Layer a 9x13 baking dish ¾ full with bread mixture, pour raspberry filling over bread mixture, spreading evenly, top with remaining bread. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
- 4. While the bread pudding is baking, make the vanilla sauce. In a medium sauce pan, melt butter and add flour. Stir for about 10 minutes or until the sauce has a nutty aroma, do not brown. Add cream and sugar and boil until mixture is thick, remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
- 5. Remove bread pudding from oven and cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm and top with vanilla sauce.
Have you tried this recipe?
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If you like this raspberry bread pudding, you might also like:
S’mores Bread Pudding from Baking Bites
Banana Bread Pudding from Evil Shenanigans
Blueberry Bagel Bread Pudding from Sugar Plum
Wow Maria… this looks delicious! Bread pudding is one of my favorite desserts 🙂
That is one big dinner party- sounds like a lot of fun. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually had bread pudding? But with all those raspberries, I’m sure I’d love this version. How much longer do y’all have until the kitchen is done?
Erica-Hey girl! We hope to be back home this weekend. We have to finish the floor, countertops, backsplash, and appliances. We are getting closer!
bread pudding in and of itself is heavenly – but i’ll take it topped with raspberries and vanilla cream any day of the week!
This sounds so delicious. I love bread pudding, so this little twist is a must try!
This looks great – I love raspberries but I’ve actually never had (nor made) bread pudding! And I call myself a baker…
What a pretty dessert! Love this!
That is beautiful! I would love to dig right in.
A splendid bread pudding! Yummy!
Cheers,
Rosa
Looks yummy. I love the Keaders French toast too!
The colors in this bread pudding are gorgeous! Kneaders is such a cute name, I bet it is a really fun place to visit and munch! xo
Looks rich and delicious, for sure!
I learned to love bread pudding when I worked at a restaurant and found that some didn’t have to have raisins. This recipe looks delicious.
Oh a slice of Heaven! Looks incredible maria!
So pretty Maria! Love the raspberries in here.
I will have to remember Kneaders when I’m in Utah again. Love the name! So cute.
Have a great week!
Next time you are in Utah we will go together:)
Sounds delicious, and it looks beautiful! I’m a big fan of bread pudding!
Oooh bread pudding. Perfect time of year for this.
Love the use of raspberry in this! Very beautiful!
Wow, this looks so good! I’ve never had a fruit-based bread pudding, definitely saving this recipe!
WOW…18 people around a dinner table is a lot of people! It’s like an early Thanksgiving!
Gorgeous photo and the bread pudding looks delicious!
Wow! This looks and sounds amazing… I love bread pudding.
I love bread pudding and have never even thought to pair with raspberries. Great idea. I can’t wait to try it.
I’m not normally a bread pudding fan, but that looks wonderful!
Wow, I already love bread pudding, but this is taking it to a whole new, amazing level. I love a dessert that’s delicious (and cream-filled) and beautiful to boot! 🙂
Huge Sunday dinner sound like so much fun! Especially if there’s raspberry bread pudding involved! I love your lighter take on this.
What a vibrant and comforting dessert! I can’t wait to try it. 🙂
I’ll have to make this dessert. It will make me feel like I was there for the weekend. Raspberries are my most favorite food in the world. Looking forward to trying it.
I had my first-ever taste of bread pudding over the weekend at a Texas BBQ joint, and it was heaven! Now that I’ve tasted it, and I want more, and this bread pudding is the perfect excuse to try to make my own!
Raspberries are the best and gives this pudding such a pretty color.
This is a nice and fresh take on the usual heavy bread pudding. Anything with raspberries usually wins me over but I know my husband would enjoy this.
thanks for stopping by Foodie House! Your blog is just beautiful. so glad to have “met” you!
Good luck with your kitchen project, hope everything will go smoothly.
Bread pudding sounds delicious !
This sounds just delightful! I love a good bread pudding.
This bread pudding looks so tasty! AND pretty!
Such a great combo for bread pudding. We tried a bread puddling in NYC but it didn’t look as good as your recipe.
I’ve only tried bread pudding once and I wasn’t impressed, but this raspberry version looks truly scrumptious!
Gorgeous dish. I’ve never tried putting fruit in my bread pudding but I imagine it’s as delicious as it looks!
Kneaders on 7200 South has the sweetest baker, she’s darling and will go out of her way to make things just perfect if you’re ordering something for a large group. I haven’t had this bread pudding, but no doubt it’s delicious. Thanks for the recipe. So sad to see summer slip away.
I need this! Hope your remodel is done soon. 🙂
This looks great! I think I could eat a bowl of vanilla sauce on its own!
So pretty!
I LOVE KNEADERS! So much that I had them cater my wedding reception. 🙂
I will so be making this recipe soon. Thanks for sharing…it’s good to know that 2% milk will work too.
..Such pretty photos!
How nice of your friends! What a lovely bread pudding too!
Gorgeous! This looks delicious. I’m loving the fresh raspberries lately. So sweet! I eat them in my oatmeal.
Oh my goodness…this looks so divine!
Believe it or not, I have never been to Kneaders. In the meantime, I am going to try this pretty dessert.
Bread Pudding is one of our favorites. This recipe is a keeper for sure! I am headed to your link for the S’mores Bread Pudding also. This will be awesome to make next summer with the fresh raspberries.
I love Kneaders! I found Kneaders about 7 years ago when I was living in Utah and am so sad that there is not one near I live now. (The closes one to where I live know is in Yuma which is 2 hours away) I am glad you posted this recipe because now I am going to have to make it. It looks absolutely delicious!
I hope you like the bread pudding! Enjoy!
Thanks to an impromptu trip to Coscto i have two huge shells of raspberries…I know what I’ll be doing with them now!
what a decadent and lovely batch of bread pudding! raspberries make for such pretty desserts.
Love love love bread pudding! This looks positively delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
What kind of bread do you like to use?
Here is a review from someone who actually made this. Sometimes recipes online need to be tweeked, and I don’t think a recipe is good if you have to change it. This is recipe is perfect as is. I made this like a year & a half ago for a friend and her family of 4 and the devoured it. I didnt even get a chance to try it, so I had to make another one. I had some pear bread pudding recently, and then I remembered this recipe and now I have a batch sitting in my fridge lol. Its fairly easy to make too. I just bought loaves of white bread from the bakery and left it out overnight. You could also bake your bread on low for 15 minutes if you don’t want to wait. This is absolutely wonderful. I can’t see anyone disliking this, unless of course they don’t like Raspberries. Perfect dessert to serve around the holidays. Everyone will think you worked your butt off to make this lol. But its so easy! I give this 5 stars 🙂
This looks soo pretty! It’ll make a perfect Valentine’s Day dessert too
What can you use other than apple juice?
Thank you,
Chrissy
This was amazing! Beautiful addition to our Sunday brunch in February. I will definitely be making this often.