Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce and Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise

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My 6 year old thinks this is the best "pumpkin pie" ever, since he is a very picky eater I did not argue when he ask for an adult size piece – twice!

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Delicious!

1. Pumpkin Bread: Made a double batch so we could have one loaf to snack on. It's almost too moist, but okay.

2. Bread Pudding: No problems, everyone agreed that it was delicious on its own. Vanilla bean paste would simplify things for both this and the creme anglaise. Bourbon flavor was great.

3. Creme Anglaise - This went quickly from coating the back of the spoon to a curdled custard so my first try was trashed. The second batch I pulled off the heat as soon as it coated the spoon at all and it was AMAZING. This really made the dessert for me.

4. Caramel - Didn't make.

Now I need to go eat all those leftover egg whites!

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We loved this! It did take about 4 hours total to make. Didn't have apple schnapps so used Amaretto instead and it worked great!

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This recipe rocks! Very worth the time and effort. We found that the apple schnapps made the caramel too bitter so we made a second batch and omitted it - perfect! Topped off our Thanksgiving meal perfectly.

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I'm surprised by the rave reviews on this. This was only okay and tons of work. None of my guests thought it was worth making again and we are all bread pudding fans. You essentially make four different recipes, dirty 3 pans and over 5 bowls. I confess to leaving out the star anise in the caramel sauce, but I can't imagine that would have put it over the top. I took no other short cuts.

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Let me start by saying that this recipe is wonderful. I did take some shortcuts and modified the caramel sauce. Used regular bread instead of the one made from scratch, skipped the pumpkin flavor altogether, because we don't like it. Made the creme anglaise- should have doubled the recipe, like someone here suggested. My family doesn't like all the spices in the caramel sauce, so I omitted a few, and also made it with just heavy cream, no apple cider. It came out very good that way, too.

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Agree with the reviewer who said "too rich and over the top." All the separate components combined to create one massive sugar bomb.
I spent 2 days prepping this dessert (followed the recipe to a T and the finished product was so rich and overly sweet, it made my guests sick to their stomachs.
The bread itself was phenomenal...my husband ate the first batch I made so I had to make more. The creme anglaise tasted like melted Breyer's vanilla ice cream.
Not thrilled w/ this recipe. I'll make the bread again for my hubby but never again making the bread pudding

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Too Rich and over the top!!!!

The toasted pumpkin bread cubes were spectacular and I couldn't keep everyone from sneaking pieces. The creme anglais and the spicy caramel sauce were pure heaven,

However, the pumpkin custard made the already sweet pumpkin bread way too sweet. Then putting the creme anglais and very sweet caramel sauce just made the whole thing ungodly sweet and way too rich. We could only eat about a spoonful each.

However, I will be making each of these elements again but eating them separately, especially the toasted pumpkin bread cubes!

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I really wanted to take Thanksgiving dessert up a notch this year, so when I saw this on the Throwdown show with Ree Drummond, I knew this was what I was going to make. Everyone loved it! It is a little more work because of all the different components, but I broke it up. I made the pumpkin bread on Monday and I made two loaves so we'd have an extra loaf of pumpkin bread to eat for breakfast, etc. I made the creme anglaise on Wednesday night. Thursday I made the bread pudding and the caramel and put it all together. I was going to skip the caramel, but glad that I didn't...it MADE the dish! I omitted the star anise and the apple schnapps. Also omitted the nutmeg and just used more cinnamon.

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Absolutely delicious and was a nice twist on the traditional Thanksgiving desserts. It is incredibly labor intensive, but I would still give it all stars because it is very easy to do the recipe over a few days time. I made the pumpkin bread a few days before, the creme anglaise and the caramel the day before and it was so easy to assemble. Everyone loved it.