Best Louisiana Bread Pudding Recipes

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING WITH WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat bourbon in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until warm. Pour over raisins in a small bowl; let stand at least 1 hour or overnight.
• To make whiskey sauce: bring cream to a simmer over medium heat in a small saucepan. Whisk together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water; slowly whisk into cream. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in sugar and bourbon. Set aside and let cool completely.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together bread, milk, and cream in a large bowl. Whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and allspice in a medium bowl; add to bread mixture. Stir in raisins and bourbon.
• Melt butter in an 8-inch square baking dish in oven. Remove from oven, and swirl to coat bottom of dish. Pour in bread mixture, distributing raisins evenly. Bake until bread cubes are browned around edges and custard is cooked, about 35 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with whiskey sauce.

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• BREAD PUDDING: preheat oven to 350ºF. In a bowl large enough to hold bread and liquid, beat eggs with a fork until lemon yellow in color. Whisk in milk, vanilla and almond extract.
• Soak bread in egg and milk mixture until the bread has absorbed most of the liquid, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix sugar, salt, spices (and chopped dates) in a separate bowl. When bread has soaked up the liquid, add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Butter a baking dish large enough to hold the bread mixture 2 -1/2 qt pan or 8x8" will work. Pour bread mixture into pan and dot top with pieces of butter.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool or serve immediately.
• LEMON SAUCE: blend sugar, cornstarch and water in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over med-high heat. Cook 2 - 3 min until mixture is thickened.
• Remove from heat and add lemon zest, lemon juice and butter.
• Cut in squares and serve warm lemon sauce over bread pudding.

LOUISIANA CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, tear the croissants into small pieces. Cover with dish cloth or paper towel and allow them to stale for several hours or overnight.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3. In a medium sized bowl,combine, cream, sweetened condensed milk, slightly beaten eggs, cinnamon, vanilla and salt. Blend well.
• 4. To the liquid mixture add the undrained fruit, chopped nuts, and raisins (optional). Blend together well and pour over the torn croissant pieces. Stir to throughly coat the coissant pieces.
• 5. Add melted butter to the mixture and stir to blend well. Allow to sit for 10 minutes or so to allow the croissants to absorb some of the liquid. The mixture will be somewhat "mushy."
• 6. Pour mixture into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until slightly browned. Serve warm. Great served plain or with a dollop of whipped cream topping.

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. For the raisins. Warm the bourbon on stove top. Mix the raisins in the bourbon and let soak at least 1 hour or overnight.
• 2. For the bread pudding Place the bread in a large bowl. Pour the milk and heavy cream over the bread. Mix the eggs with the sugar, vanilla, salt, and allspice together. Pour over the bread and mix well. Stir in the raisins. Sprinkle the cinnamon over top.
• 3. For the bourbon sauce Place the heavy cream in a large saucepan. Mix the cornstarch with the water and set aside. Heat the milk over medium heat just until it starts to boil. Turn off the heat and whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Keep whisking until thickened. Turn the heat back on low and add the sugar and bourbon. Cook about stirring constantly about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
• 4. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Place the butter in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan and set in oven until butter is melted. Pour the bread mixture in the pan. Pour about 1/2 of the bourbon cream over top. Place in oven and bake 35 minutes. Serve with remaining bourbon sauce over top

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggs, cream, and milk until well combined. Add in sugar cinnamon vanilla and splash of butter until everything is well blended(you can smell heaven). Now you have to get messy, break up all of the bread into the custard and fold together by hand until all of the bread is soaked(you will have some excess liquid but its ok) and let sit for about 20 minutes. Melt the the 1 stick of butter and pour the melted butter in a 13 x 9 baking dish. Pour the bread pudding into the dish and bake for 50-60 minutes in which i prefer 60 but your oven is different but the sides should form a nice brown crust.
• For the sauce,slightly melt white chocolate chips in a bowl in microwave and set aside. In a saucepan melt 1 stick butter on medium heat until it starts to slightly bubble, add in bourbon, cream and powdered sugar and whisk while still on heat until well combined and then add melted white chocolate chips and continue to whisk, if too thick add more cream.
• I say start the sauce 20 minutes before you pull the bread pudding out of the oven and if you decide not to use the white chocolate chips in the sauce then substitute 1 cup of granulated sugar for the powdered sugar and add more bourbon.

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING WITH WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Heat bourbon in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until warm. Pour over raisins in a small bowl; let stand at least 1 hour or overnight. 2. To make whiskey sauce, bring cream to a simmer over medium heat in a small saucepan. Whisk together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water; slowly whisk into cream. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in sugar and bourbon. Set aside and let cool completely. 3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together bread, milk, and cream in a large bowl. Whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and allspice in a medium bowl; add to bread mixture. Stir in raisins and bourbon. 4. Melt butter in an 8-inch square baking dish in oven. Remove from oven, and swirl to coat bottom of dish. Pour in bread mixture, distributing raisins evenly. Bake until bread cubes are browned around edges and custard is cooked, about 35 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with whiskey sauce.

LOUISIANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F. Pour cream and milk over bread in large bowl. Beat egg yolks and 1 cup sugar in medium sized bowl until light. Stir in raisins and vanilla. Gently stir egg yolk mixture into bread mixture and let stand 10 minutes Beat egg whites in small bowl until foamy. Gradually beat in 3 tbsp sugar. Beat egg white mixture until stiff, but not dry. Fold egg white mixture into bread mixture. Pour into buttered 2 quart souffle dish. Place dish into baking pan, pour boiling water 1/3 of the way up the side of the dish. Bake pudding until puffed and golden, knife coming out clean (approximately 1 hour)