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

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Delicious but loss of a star for labor intensity. A video or a picture of the of the caramel sauce & vanilla anglaise would have been invaluable. Definitely try this, but do most ahead of time. Re the caramel sauce (i use less sugar-(too sweet and less ginger (too strong (ii make it medium amber because after you add the milk mixture, it keeps cooking and gets dark very quickly. Re the vanilla anglaise, it was delicious but (i definitely double the recipe (ii watch a video if you've never made it before as it can curdle if you cook it too long. If you don’t have time to make all 5 parts, just make the pumpkin bread with the custard and serve it with a great quality vanilla ice cream. Heavenly!!!

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Everyone raved! Lots of work, but worth it! I did the recipe exactly and it was tasty. Although I did not love the pumpkin bread on it's own, but it was fine in the custard. The creme anglaise is luscious! The caramel sauce is REALLY sweet, but good. Really didn't need the whipped cream.

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Made this today for our big Thanksgiving gathering and everyone loved it! I made the pumpkin bread a couple of days ago and then had the custard, caramel sauce and the Anglaise sauce made early... I was bringing it to a friend's house and it was easy to assemble and bake onsite so it could be served warm. I will be making this a new Thanksgiving tradition - I am ruined for Pumpkin pie forever!

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This is a very delicious dessert but very labor intensive. My husband had this dessert at Bobby Flay's restaurant and said it was so good and paid $8. I said maybe we should have just bought it but my family enjoyed it a lot. I'm glad that I made the spicy caramel sauce and bread a day ahead. The bread turned out to be so wonderful, and I can make just that in the future. I really like the creme anglaise. The caramel sauce needed an amber color but didnt get that so when I mixed with the creme, I had to heat and mix longer. Not really a fan of the apple cider vinegar taste but turned out to work with the dish as well. Overall, I think it's worth making for the holiday.

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Everyone loved it! made some changes. Half and half in place of the heavy cream in the custard recipe. Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla in place of the Bourbon and the Vanilla bean scrapings. I used Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bread Mix instead, it's a really high quality mix. I skipped the Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise and substituted with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. As the Ice cream melts, you get the same effect. Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce, I used 1/2 tsp of Pumpkin Pie Spice instead of spices listed. I omitted the Apple Schnapps. Made this the night before, but assembled it the next day. forgot to do the "water bath". It still turned out great.skipped the whipped cream.

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This was absolutely delicious. The caramel sauce is to die for : My Thanksgiving guests all said that this should be on the menu for future dinners. I made one recipe which served 6 adults with leftovers for tomorrow. I made an extra pumpkin bread which was a good idea . . . once they came out of the oven and smelled so good I couldn't keep hungry folks away from tastes and would never have had enough to make the bread pudding. Thank you Bobby for such a great recipe.

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I made a different pumpkin bread, because I really like this other one; baked one loaf and 8 mini loaves with the recipe...Food For My Family's Streusel Topped Pumpkin Bread on Tasty Kitchen. I did make the creme anglaise & the caramel sauce because I like making things like that. I agree with the other posters who said that double the creme anglaise. My only mistake is that I slightly burned my caramel sauce before I added the spiced cream....I probably should have started over with the sugar/water/cider, but I didn't. It was barely noticeable, but....All of these components can easily be made the day before and then assembled the day of. Delish!!

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This recipe is worth the patience it takes to build it slowly. I only used the cream Anglaise to top the bread pudding when it was done and it was fantastic. This is a very decadent holiday favorite that your guests will rave about. It's worth it to make the pumpkin bread first from his recipe and it's easy. It's the best you'll ever eat and can be a dessert all on it's own. I was afraid this would be a pretentious recipe and a waste of time, but it is anything but. Your family will know you love them when you set this in front of them. It's magic.

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Did a test run and it was amazing! I made it in the bain marie as suggested with my oven set to "conventional bake". I have a "steam" setting on my oven that I haven't used. Does anyone have recommendations/suggestions re: using a bain marie vs. using the steam setting on my oven?

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I did a test run of this Sunday and decided I'm opting for this instead of pumpkin pie this year, it's so good. I was lazy and just did whipped cream instead of the sauces, but I'll probably make them for the big day. Just the whipped cream is also good.

nicholas.longo - A deep amber color in caramelized sugar is around 325˚. Swirl the pan a lot as it nears that stage so it doesn't burn on the bottom. Once you've seen it once or twice, it's easier to go by look than temperature, as the temperature increases quickly at that point.