Southern Style Christmas Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Recipe courtesy, Terri Kurlan, McKinney, Texas

Rated 4 stars out of 5
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Total Time:
3 hr 0 min
Prep
1 hr 15 min
Cook
1 hr 45 min
Yield:
10 to 12 servings
Level:
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Ingredients

  • 2 loaves Raisin Cinnamon Bread
  • 8 eggs plus 2 egg whites
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar or vanilla sugar
  • 2 tablespoon Madagascar vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1 lemon juiced and zested
  • 1 cup dried cherries and raisins
  • 1/4 cup melted butter, for baking dish

For topping:

  • 2 cups bread crumbs from crusts
  • Bourbon sauce, recipe follows
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 stick cold butter, cut into cubes

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove crusts from bread and reserve. Cut bread slices into cubes. In a large bowl, beat eggs well. Add milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, Grand Marnier and mix well. Add cinnamon, juice, and lemon zest. Stir in cherries and raisins. Add bread cubes and stir until well coated. Let stand 30 minutes, stirring often. If mixture is soupy, you may need to add additional slices of white bread (crusts removed.) The mixture should be wet but not soupy. Pour into buttered baking dish, dusted with sugar. Prepare topping in a food processor. Add crusts, butter and brown sugar, pulsing until mixture is crumbly. Spread evenly over top of pudding. Bake in a water bath for 50 minutes covered with foil. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes or until brown on top. Serve with bourbon sauce.

BOURBON SAUCE:

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 cup bourbon

Mix eggs, butter, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and 1/2 cup bourbon. In top of a double boiler cook until temperature reads 165 on a thermometer. Beating constantly and being careful not to curdle eggs. Remove from heat and strain. In a mixer bowl, beat sauce until slightly cool, adding remaining bourbon a little at a time. Serve with bread pudding

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  • on December 19, 2010

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    The bread pudding was wonderful. The bourbon sauce is way too adult for a typical Christmas crowd. This is not a daytime dish.

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  • on October 25, 2008

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    I made this for my family over Christmas last year and it was a HUGE hit! My in-laws even said it was the BEST they have ever had... requested it again for this year! I have to say, for some reason the bourbon sauce didn't set up right for me. I'm not sure why, maybe I needed to cook it longer. Anyway, it was still delish! Tastes like really good french toast...but better.

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  • on April 23, 2005

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    Not difficult to prepare. Even people who said they've never liked bread pudding were "over the top" for this pudding and even requesting copies of the recipe. It will be a holiday staple recipe from now on.

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