PECAN PIE BREAD PUDDING
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Pecan Pie Bread Pudding is actually Pecan Pie without the crust. Instead, the filling is poured over delicious bread pudding and baked to perfection!
It’s Pecan Pie infused heaven!! I’ve been on a Pecan Pie theme lately. When I started this, I intended to make a Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding, but after I got everything out I started thinking about trying to make it taste like Pecan Pie instead.
Great decision! It was delish.
Made this tonight for company. Everyone loved it! Recipe requested…said it was the best bread pudding he ever had. And, my husband loves bread pudding…and he loved this. So easy to make and so yummy! Thank you for sharing!
Tammy
If you love pecan pie, you’ll go nuts for these Pecan Pie Muffins.
Pecan Pie Bread Pudding
Bread pudding is one of my most favorite desserts to make. It’s a very simple and economical dessert to make. All bread puddings have basically the same format: dried bread and a custard sauce made from milk, eggs, and sugar. To this, you can add any additional ingredients to make the bread pudding your own. For Pecan Pie Bread Pudding, I added
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Pecan Pie Bread Pudding is crispy and crunchy on the outside. It’s creamy and smooth on the inside making for one beautiful dessert. The dessert dreams are made of… just me?
This is mind blowing! Made it at Thanksgiving and it was a hit! Making it again for a work function. Best bread pudding ever!!
Barbara
Ingredients
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- day-old French bread
- milk
- half & half, you can substitute whole milk or heavy cream
- large eggs lightly beaten
- granulated sugar
- vanilla
- salt
- butter, softened
- brown sugar, light or dark, I used light
- pecans chopped
Pecan Pie Bread Pudding
- The thing about bread pudding is its a very economical dessert to make.
- It’s a great way to use leftover bread or if you don’t have old bread, purchase it off the sale rack at the grocery store at a reduced price.
- You can make a lot as easy as you can make a little and it’s always a crowd-pleaser.
Combining two classics into one dessert. Gooey pecan pie combined with bread pudding makes this dessert recipe amazing.
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This recipe was simple and delicious! This is the first time I ever made bread pudding. My husband really enjoyed it, so I will be making this again. Thank you!
Diana
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Pecan Pie Bread Pudding
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 16 -ounce loaf of day-old French bread
- 2 and ½ cup milk
- 1 cup half & half see notes You can substitute whole milk or heavy cream
- 4 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 and ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup pecan chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cube bread then place in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, beat eggs, milk, half & half, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Pour over the bread and allow to sit 5 to 10 minutes
- In another small bowl, combine with a fork, softened butter, brown sugar, and pecans. This mixture will have the consistency of wet sand.
- Pour half of the bread mixture into a greased 8×8 inch pan. (Yes, 8×8-inch pan.)
- Top with half of the pecan mixture.
- Spoon remaining bread mixture over and top with remaining pecan mixture. Press down into pan slightly. Pan will be really full.
- Top with remaining pecan mixture.
- Place pan on a cookie sheet with a 1-inch edge to catch any mixture that may boil over.
- Bake at 350 degrees F 45 to 55 minutes.
- The center will be slightly jiggly but will set when cool.
- Allow to cool 20 to 30 minutes before serving so that the slices will hold together.
- It is a thick bread pudding and I cut into 16 equal servings. Obviously, you can cut larger slices.
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Not sure of the weight of my bread, as I plan to use up odds and ends of bread from the freezer. Do you have a recommendation for how many CUPS of bread cubes?
Yes, I’m actually writing another bread pudding recipe right now that I measured the cups when I made it for this very reason. I used 6 cups of bread in an 8×8 casserole dish.
THANKS!! Can’t wait to try this!
You might like to try using day old crossants instead of the french bread in one of you bread puddings it makes an incredibly light and delicious bread pudding. (I’ma retired chef)
I have used croissants as well as chaplain bread(not at the same time). Both make it light and fluffy
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Was my first attempt at bread pudding. Is the very very best.
Can I freeze part of it?
I can’t wait to try this!
Awesome recipe
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I’m going to the store to get what I need for this Pecan pie bread pudding.
😊 Can’t wait to try some of your recipes, they look & sound absolutely wonderful, thank you for sharing!
O I’m starving now
I always eat pie with a spoon, as I love pie filling but dislike pie crust. Since pecan pie filling is one of my favorites now I have a much smarter way to enjoy it with this recipe and the one you gave for pecan pie cobbler. Thank you so much for sharing.
I am going to our family reunion the end of this month….And I would love to have this recipe of Pecan pie Bread Pudding…..Will you please send it to me?
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Thank you so much…
i switched this up a bit with what I had on hand.
I had a can if coconut milk, 3/4 cup of 1/2 and 1/2, and I used skim milk to bring it all up to the 3 1/2 cups of milk and half and half that I needed.
I had a can of crushed pineapple added the whole can drained really good, added the pineapple to the bread mixture and let that all set for 10-15 minutes.
In the crumb topping I used macadamia nuts as that is what I had and I added 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut.
I don’t flour or sugar so won’t be tasting thus but I’m feeding the family Easter mirning and I will post the update. That’s for sharing.
Can i ask wot half and half is?
you can buy in in any grocery’s dairy department it is not as rich as cream but has more fat than whole milk.. (so it is half milk and half cream.)