Steve's Killer Bread Pudding

Recipe courtesy Steve Turner, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 4 hr 0 min
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 5 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

1 cup raisins
1/4 cup dark rum (recommended: Myers's)
1 1/2 loaves stale French or Italian bread, torn into pieces
3 cups milk
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup heavy cream or 1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon salt

Rum Sauce:

1 1/2 cups sugar
5 ounces evaporated milk
4 tablespoons margarine
1 egg, beaten
2 egg yolks, beaten
3 tablespoons dark rum (recommended: Myers's)

Directions

Place raisins in a small bowl with rum and soak for a couple of hours. Drain raisins and reserve soaking liquid.

Place bread pieces in a 9 by 12-inch baking dish. Add raisins to dish. In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, butter, cinnamon, vanilla, heavy cream, sugar, brown sugar, molasses, lemon zest, and salt, and mix well to ensure the sugar has been dissolved. Add the reserved raisin soaking liquid to the milk mixture and pour over bread. Let sit until bread has soaked up all of the milk mixture for at least 1 to 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place baking dish in another large pan and add water about halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake for 1 hour or until bread pudding has set. Remove bread pudding from oven and let cool to just warm.

While bread pudding is cooling, make Rum Sauce:

Combine sugar, evaporated milk, margarine, egg and yolks in the top of a double boiler and cook, stirring well, until thick. Do not let sauce boil. Keep warm until serving time. Whisk in rum just before serving. Serve bread pudding with sauce.

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recipe Steve's Killer Bread Pudding
Christy San Francisco, CA 09-27-2009
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Can't go wrong with this recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made bread pudding twice with this recipe and each time it was a hit. Everyone that tries it loves it. I like to modify... the recipe slightly to make it less sweet... I use slightly less sugar and less raisins... this is just a preference and I think the original recipe is just as good.Read more
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Sarah Penn Yan, NY 06-11-2009
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Best Bread Pudding
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this for my five year-old twins before I went to work. I thirded (not a real word but you get the point) it and used... rum flavoring with a little extra liquid to compensate. I also used honey wheat and Cuban bread instead of the French. It was what I had on hand; leftover bread from King Arthur's site which is the best for bread recipes. They loved it and asked why I can't get up early EVERY morning to make them breakfast! Not likely!!! This will go in my personal cookbook...Read more
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Jacqueline Los Angeles, CA 04-23-2009
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Quite Delicioso!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Although I'm a California girl, my people are from the South and I grew up on my grandmother's bread pudding and this recipe... is running a very close second to grandmas! Excellent taste, very easy to follow recipe, and the rum sauce was yummmy! Kind of a lot of prep time, but it was well worth it. I can't wait to make this for Thanksgiving.Read more
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null null, null 04-11-2009
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Excellent and Very Easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made this recipe 3 times and it's a hit every time. I've made it with homemade Hawaiian Bread and even the King... Hawaiian Rolls you can buy at the grocery and it comes out great. There's never been any left at the parties I've served it at. One of the best Bread Pudding Recipes you could ever find.Read more
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Kirk Visalia, CA 03-05-2009
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To Die For
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is over the top! Even if you are not a "Bread Pudding" fan, you will enjoy this desert. Folow the recipe exactly... and serve to your family and friends with confidence. KRead more
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Daphne Gulfport, MS 12-31-2008
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WONDERFUL
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was a wonderful bread pudding. First time I ever made bread pudding homemade. Kept to the recipe except for the raisins,... decreased to 3/4 cup and added chopped pecans. Also used Italian whole grain french bread and regular french bread. My bread did not get stale fast enough, so I put it in oven and it made it very cruchy. Soaked the bread in the liquid mixture overnight. Was not able to wait until dinner to taste. My husband, son and I had some early and stated that is was delicious. I did not make the sauce in the recipe. I was a little afraid it would be to much sugar and rum for my taste. I did a vanilla sugar free cook and serve pudding and added the rum to that. Wonderful comments from my family. Read more