Fancy Bread Pudding

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 50 min (includes resting time)
  • Active: 20 min
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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter, melted, plus more for the baking dish

2 1/2 cups challah bread cubes (1-inch cubes)

2 1/2 cups milk 

1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla 

2 large eggs 

1 cup granulated sugar 

1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar 

1/2 cup whiskey 

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

1/2 cup roughly chopped dried cherries 

1/2 cup roughly chopped pecans

Whiskey Cream Sauce, recipe follows, for serving

Whiskey Cream Sauce:

4 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup heavy cream 

1/4 cup granulated sugar 

2 tablespoons whiskey 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch baking dish.
  2. Arrange the bread cubes tightly in the prepared baking dish. Beat together the butter, milk, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl. Add the granulated and brown sugars, whiskey and cinnamon and mix until the sugars are dissolved. Pour the mixture over the bread. Sprinkle the cherries and pecans all over.
  3. Put the baking dish on a baking sheet. Bake until the crust is golden brown, 55 to 70 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes before serving with Whiskey Cream Sauce.

Whiskey Cream Sauce:

  1. Combine the butter, cream, sugar and whiskey in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches a low boil. Pour a small amount over the individual servings of bread pudding.

Let's Get Cooking!

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Lee O.

I’m not a bread pudding fan, nor a whiskey fan.  But, this Fancy Bread Pudding is out of this world,  I could have eaten the whole thing!  Hubby loved it, too.  

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