Holiday Bread Pudding
Posted On October 5, 2022
I love bread pudding. I really, really missed it. For years I tried, but I just could not get the right bread to make it taste the way I remembered it. Now, I remembered it from a really long time ago…. but I finally got it. There is a white bread recipe on this blog that I used when making this bread. I will make it again this year… it is so good. The bread is rich bread so it is almost like eating a cinnamon bun (tasting) which I really, really miss too!
You can use any gf bread that you like, it will affect the flavor and texture, but if you have a favorite, by all means, try it!
Holiday Bread Pudding
This wonderful Recipe can be made any time of the year. Feel free to omit the nuts and cranberries and add your favorite nuts or dried fruit or none at all.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
Bread Pudding
- 4 each eggs
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 cups gluten free bread, cubed
- 1 cup pecans and dried cranberries-optional
Hard Sauce
- 2 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon brandy (or milk or honey)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Bread Pudding
- Preheat the over to 350 degrees.
- Use pan spray (check that it is gluten free) to coat either a 10 inch pie pan or a 13×9 inch cake pan.
- Mix the first 4 ingredients together and then add the bread cubes.
- Let stand for 15 minutes and then with a wire whisk or potato masher, mash the bread cubes.
- Mix well and make sure all of the bread is incorporated in.
- Pour into a prepared pie plate (or cake pan). It should look really wet with liquid standing around the edges.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes until a tester comes out clean or the internal temperature is over 165 degrees F, not to exceed 185 degrees though.
- Cool slightly and top with Hard Sauce.
Hard Sauce
- with an electeric (hand held, stand up or emersion blender), mix the brandy and butter. Add in the powdered sugar until the desired thickness. It should be about the consistence of regualar sugar. Spread on the cake when it is slightly cooled but still warm. It will melt into the cake.
Notes
I love this recipe. I missed bread pudding and tried for years to make it and get it right. The white bread recipe on this site (that is made with honey, not the high-top bread) is perfect for this recipe. It is like a giant cinnamon roll.
You can use your favorite white bread, there are several good ones out there, just not a whole wheat variety.
Enjoy
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