Best Jack Daniels Bread Pudding Recipes

IRISH BREAD PUDDING WITH JACK DANIELS CARAMEL-WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• BEFORE YOU BEGIN (OPTIONAL): Lay out bread slices and allow to get a crusty as possible (I will usually set out at least 24 hours in advance.) This allows the bread to become very dry and crusty so it can absorb as much pudding as possible. ALSO combine the raisins and whiskey in a small bowl, cover, and place in the refrigerator overnight to allow the raisins to soak up as much whiskey as possible. If you forget, the raisins only need to sit for about 30 minutes to soak up quite a bit of whiskey.
• JACK DANIEL'S CARAMEL-WHISKEY SAUCE: Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir continuously until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer until sugar mixture is golden (about 17 minutes). DO NOT STIR!
• Remove from heat.
• Carefully add butter and cream cheese, stirring constantly with a whisk until all clumps are dissolved. CAUTION! Mixture will bubble vigorously and release a lot of hot steam.
• Cool slightly. Stir in whiskey and milk. Mixture will bubble a bit at this step as well.
• PUDDING: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Brush melted butter on one side of French bread slices.
• Bake buttered side up until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes.
• Cut bread into 1/2 inch cubes and set aside.
• Combine milk, sugar, vanilla extract, evaporated milk, eggs, and UNDRAINED whiskey mixture in a large bowl. Stir well with a whisk.
• Add bread cubes, pressing down gently to moisten; let stand about 20 minutes. If your bowl is a little small, gently fold the cubes into the mixture with a spatula.
• Pour bread mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated well with cooking spray.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pudding.
• Bake at 350F for 35 minutes or until set.
• Serve warm with Jack Daniel's caramel-whiskey sauce.
• TO MAKE THIS KID FRIENDLY: Substitute apple juice for Jack Daniel's in pudding and 1 tablespoon imitation rum extract and 3 tablespoons water in Caramel-Whiskey sauce.

JACK DANIELS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• Lightly grease deep dish casserole pans.
• Fill with toasted bread cubes and raisins mixed together.
• Heat milk and butter in pan over medium heat.
• Whisk sugar, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Add 1 cup of the heated milk mixture to this, then mix this into the hot milk mixture. Pour over the bread and raisins. Put your casserole dish (I use two 9x13 inch casseroles and bake one at a time) with the pudding into a deeper pan that has at least an inch of water in it, and cover with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for one hour. Remove foil and place back in oven for an additional 15 minutes, or until nicely browned. Pour cream sauce over the pudding and keep warm in oven until time to serve.
• Cream Sauce (I make this while the pudding is cooking):.
• Combine all ingredients into a large saucepan and heat to boiling. Turn heat down to low and allow to reduce to consistency of your liking.
• I double the sauce recipe so I can have some to pour over the pudding and ice cream when I serve it.
• Serve hot with either ice cream and extra sauce or with heavy cream drizzled over it.

FRENCH BREAD PUDDING WITH JACK DANIELS SAUCE

Steps:

• Crumble the bread into a bowl. Pour the milk over it and let stand for one to two hours. I've found that the longer it soaks in the milk, the better the end result. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking dish with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• In another bowl, beat together 3 eggs, the granulated sugar and the vanilla. Microwave the dried fruit with the 1/4 cup of Jack Daniels for one to two minutes on high, or until plumped. Drain Jack Daniels and reserve for another use, then cool fruit for a few minutes and stir in to the egg mixture, then stir the egg mixture into the bread and milk, taking care not to break up the soaked bread.
• Pour into the prepared baking dish, place on the middle rack of the oven, and bake until browned and set, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
• To make sauce, stir 8 tablespoons butter and confectioners' sugar together in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until sugar is dissolved and mixture is very hot. Remove from the heat. Beat the remaining egg well and whisk it into the sugar mixture. Remove pan from base and continue beating until sauce has cooled to room temperature. Add Jack Daniels to taste (we like it pretty strong!).
• To serve, preheat broiler. Cut pudding into squares and transfer each square to a heatproof serving dish. Spoon whiskey sauce over pudding and run under broiler until bubbling. Or, alternatively, you can just serve the pudding warm with the sauce spooned over. Be careful if rewarming the sauce in the microwave as you can 'scramble' the egg and the sauce turns an unappetizing grayish color and it thickens - while it still tastes great, its not very pretty.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH JACK DANIELS CARAMEL SAUCE.

Steps:

• Pudding: Heat cream, whisk in sugar, vanilla, white chocolate. When chocolate is melted take off heat and allow to cool to below 180 degrees. Then slowly stir in previously whisked eggs. In a large mixing bowl, add the bread cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubes. Mix the cream/egg/sugar/vanilla/chocolate with the bread by hand until well soaked but not overdone. Pour this mixture into appropriate sized baking dish and place baking dish in a larger pan with hot water half way up side of baking dish (double boiler), cover tightly with tin foil and place in 375 degree preheated oven (middle rack) for 1 hour. For Caramel: Melt sugar slowly in pan ( can use double boiler for better control of heat). Mix in whiskey. Alternate between adding a tbsp of butter and 1/4 cup cream until desired viscosity (anticipated when room temperature) is achieved.Add about 1/8 tspn salt. If too viscous when cool, return to heat and add more cream and butter. Whipped cream: 1 quart of heavy whipping cream, light brown sugar to taste and, again, a couple tbspns Jack Daniels: beat until peaks occur. Plating: plate caramel on dessert plate, add desired cut of pudding, slight dusting with powdered sugar and top with JD whipped cream.