Best Sweet Bread Bread Pudding Recipes

SWEET CORN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sweat onions with butter and herbs in an oven safe skillet until translucent.
• Combine corn, cream, eggs, baking powder, cornmeal, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add cubed bread and fold to combine. Pour batter into skillet, right on top of the onion mixture. Bake 50 minutes, or until set. Cool slightly before serving.

SWEET POTATO, PEAR AND PINEAPPLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter a 1 quart casserole dish.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk, sugar, eggs, baking powder, ginger and vanilla. Stir in the pears, pineapple and sweet potatoes just to coat, then add the bread cubes and mix until evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the brown sugar, flour and orange zest. Briefly stir in the butter and pecans. Sprinkle over the top of the bread pudding.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until evenly puffed up and browned.

SWEET POTATO "BREAD" PUDDING WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix and 1 1/3 cups milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Break up biscuits.
• Butter bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Spread biscuit pieces in pan. Sprinkle with pecans and raisins. In large bowl, beat all remaining Pudding ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Pour over biscuits in pan. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Stir mixture in pan. Bake about 1 hour or until top is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat all Orange Sauce ingredients over low heat 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until slightly thickened and temperature reaches 165°F for 15 seconds. Serve warm over pudding. Store covered in refrigerator.

SWEET AND SAVORY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Set an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the butternut squash and parsnips. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until slightly softened. Set aside to cool.
• Add the bread to a large bowl.
• In another bowl mix together the heavy cream, eggs, brandy, vegetable oil, brown sugar, cinnamon and thyme. Pour the cream mixture over the bread and toss gently to coat. Add the cooled vegetables and toss until the bread is coated. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the bread pudding is puffed and golden.

NOT-TOO-SWEET BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch glass baking dish with nonstick spray.
• Break banana bread, including heels, into 1-inch pieces. Place in the prepared dish.
• Pour condensed and evaporated milks into a 4-cup measure. Add enough regular milk to make 4 cups. Pour this into a large bowl.
• Add eggs, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon and stir briskly until well blended.
• Pour custard mixture over the bread. Push bread down with the back of a spoon until it is soaked through. Scatter butter pieces across the top and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set in the center, 45 minutes to 1 hour. (Pudding may look dark around the edges.)

SWEET POTATO BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together sour cream, milk, sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla extract, ginger, salt, cranberries and minced orange.
• Add bread cubes and stir gently to coat; cover and chill overnight.
• Cook sweet potatoes the next day until tender. Drain, transfer to a food processor and puree until smooth. Fold sweet potatoes into chilled bread mixture.
• For the streusel, combine pecans, brown sugar and flour; stir in butter.
• Transfer bread pudding mixture to a 1-qt casserole dish coated with nonstick spray. Sprinkle with streusel.
• Oven: 375º F. Bake: 30 - 40 min, or until knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

SWEET POTATO BREAD PUDDING WITH ORANGE SAUCE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix and 1 1/3 cups milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Break up biscuits. Butter bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2-inches. Spread biscuit pieces in pan. Sprinkle with pecans and raisins. In large bowl, beat all remaining pudding ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Pour over biscuits in pan. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours. Heat oven to 350°F. Stir mixture in pan. Bake about 1 hour or until top is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat all Orange Sauce ingredients over low heat 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until slightly thickened and temperature reaches 165ºF for 15 seconds. Serve warm over pudding. Store covered in refrigerator. Make an extra batch of the Orange Sauce to pour over fresh berries or sliced fruit. Nothing ever went to waste in the soul food kitchen. Stale bread became bread pudding, dating all the way back to the 1800s. This updated variation is made with quick-to-fix biscuits.

SWEET POTATO "BREAD" PUDDING WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 450°F. In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix and 1 1/3 cups milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Break up biscuits. Butter bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Spread biscuit pieces in pan. Sprinkle with pecans and raisins. In large bowl, beat all remaining Pudding ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Pour over biscuits in pan. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours. Heat oven to 350°F. Stir mixture in pan. Bake about 1 hour or until top is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat all Orange Sauce ingredients over low heat 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until slightly thickened and temperature reaches 165ºF for 15 seconds. Serve warm over pudding. Store covered in refrigerator.
• 2. Expert Tip: Make an extra batch of the Orange Sauce to pour over fresh berries or sliced fruit. Nothing ever went to waste in the soul food kitchen. Stale bread became bread pudding, dating all the way back to the 1800s. This updated variation is made with quick-to-fix biscuits.

SWEET POTATOES SUPREME WITH CORN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover, and cook until potatoes can be pierced with a fork, about 20 minutes. Drain, and set aside to cool.
• Preheat your oven's broiler.
• Lightly grease 9x13 inch baking dish. Slice corn muffins into 1/2 inch rounds, trimming away tops and bottoms. Reserve trimmed pieces. Arrange corn muffin slices over the bottom of prepared baking dish. Place muffins under preheated broiler until toasted, about 2 minutes.
• Mix the canned mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, butter, and 1 cup coconut milk together in a bowl until smooth. Stir in 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the remaining coconut milk, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt until smooth.
• Place a sheet of plastic wrap on a clean surface. Place 1/2 can of almond paste on the wrap, cover with another sheet of plastic wrap, and roll out the almond paste into a thin sheet, about 1/8 inch thick. Use fingers, or patch pieces of almond paste to shape the sheet into the size of baking dish.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Assemble the casserole by pouring the egg mixture over the corn muffins in the prepared baking dish. Cover with the sheet of almond paste, trimming to fit the dish. Alternating colors, place a layer of sweet potatoes over the almond sheet. Spoon or brush 1/3 of the brown sugar mixture over the sweet potatoes. Repeat, arranging two more layers of sweet potatoes, ending with 1/3 of the brown sugar mixture. Set aside any extra sweet potatoes for another use.
• Bake casserole in preheated oven 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle reserved corn muffin trimmings and marshmallows over the top. Return to oven, and bake until top is browned, about 20 minutes more. Cool 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

SWEET POTATO BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel and finely chop sweet potatoes.
• Arrange sweet potato in a steamer basket over boiling water.
• Cover and steam 10 minutes or until tender.
• Set aside.
• Combine raisins and rum.
• Set aside.
• In a bowl, combine eggs,sugar, 1 qt whipping cream, half and half, cane syrup and cinnamon.
• Add bread pieces, sweet potato, and raisin mixture.
• Spoon mixture evenly into 2 lightly greased 11x 7-inch baking dishes.
• Bake at 350ºF for 1 hour or until set, covering with foil to prevent over browning, if necessary.
• Serve warm with Rum Sauce and whipped cream.
• For Rum sauce: Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat; stir in rum.
• Add powdered sugar; stir with a whisk until smooth.
• Stir in egg yolk; cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until mixture reaches 160ºF.
• Makes 2 1/2 cups.

SWEET AND SAVORY APPLE-BACON BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Spread bread cubes evenly onto 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake 15 to 20 min. or until crisp and golden brown, stirring after 10 min.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in large skillet on medium-high heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 3 Tbsp. drippings from skillet.
• Add mushrooms to reserved drippings in skillet; cook 7 min. or until lightly browned. Stir in leeks and garlic; cook 2 min., stirring occasionally. Add apples; cook and stir 1 to 2 min. or until crisp-tender. Remove from heat. Crumble bacon. Add to ingredients in skillet; mix well. Cool 10 min.
• Place toasted bread cubes in 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray; cover with apple mixture. Whisk eggs, milk and pepper until blended; pour over apple mixture. Stir to evenly moisten bread. Cover with foil. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Bake pudding (covered) 45 min.; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 30 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and top is golden brown. Cool slightly before serving.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350, and butter a 13x9 baking dish.
• Whisk milk, heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Meanwhile scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into milk mixture and add the pods.
• Heat milk/cream mixture to just steaming, but not boiling!
• Whisk eggs and yolks in a large bowl, and gradually add 2 cups of hot milk mixture to the eggs to temper.
• Pour tempered egg mixture into the saucepan with the hot milk.
• Strain mixture to remove any lumps and the vanilla pods.
• Spread bread cubes in prepared dish and sprinkle with the chocolate chips.
• Slowly pour custard over bread, being sure to saturate all of the bread. (If you can, it's nice to let it sit and soak evenly for 1/2 or so).
• Bake in the center of the oven for about 1 hour or until a small knife inserted in the center of the pudding comes out clean.

SWEET POTATO BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Pierce potatoes with a fork; place on a baking sheet.
• 2. Bake at 400 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly, peel, and cut into quarters.
• 3. Process potatoes in food processor with 1/2 cup half-and-half until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Whisk together potato puree, remaining 2 cups half-and-half, lightly beaten eggs, and the next 4 ingredients in a large mixing bowl until smooth.
• 4. Arrange bread cubes evenly in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Pour sweet potato mixture evenly over bread cubes. Top evenly with butter.
• 5. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until set. Serve with Bourbon Sauce.
• Bourbon Sauce:
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour and cook, whisking constantly 3 minutes. Stir in sugar, whipping cream, and ground nutmeg. Bring to boil over med heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes or until slight thickened. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and bourbon. Serve warm over Sweet Potato Bread Pudding.

SWEET & SAVORY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F, Lightly butter a 9x13-inch glass baking dish; set aside.
• Tear or cut bread into 1-inch pieces. Place bread pieces in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the butternut squash and parsnips. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until slightly softened. Set aside to cool.
• Drizzle the olive oil over the bread pieces, and toss gently. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and chopped thyme leaves. Toss the ingredients together until the bread pieces are well coated.
• In another bowl whisk together the heavy cream, eggs, and brandy. Pour the cream mixture over the bread mixture. Add the cooled vegetables, and toss gently until the bread is well coated with the custard mixture (but the bread still reamins in chunks).
• Spoon the mixture into the buttered baking pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the bread pudding is puffed and golden.

SWEET BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter an 8-inch souffle or baking dish, and add bread. Cut remaining butter into bits, and combine with all other ingredients; pour over bread. Submerge bread with weighted plate, and turn oven to 350 degrees.
• When oven is hot, remove the plate and bake until pudding is just set, 35 to 45 minutes. Serve with or without whipped cream.

SWEET AND ELEGANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• DIce enough bread slices to fill two 16 to 20 ounce baking dish. Grease your baking dishes and add the diced bread and raisins.
• In a mixing bowl mix together eggs, 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour half of mixture over each bread bowl.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Check the center with a toothpick. If toothpick comes out clean remove from oven. If not, cover bowls and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes.
• Sauce-- Mix 1/2 Cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 1/4 cup whipping cream. Heat on low until melted and bubbley. Add Vanilla and stir.
• Pour caramel sauce over each bowl, approximately 1/3 of the caramel per bowl. The other third is for later! Enjoy!

SWEET BREAD BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease a 9x12 pan.
• Scald milk. Add sugar and butter. Mix until butter is melted. Cool.
• Break sweet bread into pieces (not too small). Spread apple pie filling on top of the sweet bread. Sprinkle raisins over the filling.
• Combine cooled milk mixture with beaten eggs. Pour liquid over the bread. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

SWEET AND SAVORY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Set an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish. Set aside. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the butternut squash and parsnips. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until slightly softened. Set aside to cool. Add the bread to a large bowl. In another bowl mix together the heavy cream, eggs, brandy, vegetable oil, brown sugar, cinnamon and thyme. Pour the cream mixture over the bread and toss gently to coat. Add the cooled vegetables and toss until the bread is coated. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the bread pudding is puffed and golden.

ZEA'S SWEET POTATO BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Note: Adapted from Zea Rotisserie and Grill in New Orleans. The restaurant bakes the pudding in a 3-inch-deep casserole dish; if using a dish this depth, the baking time can increase by as much as an hour. Sweet potato bread pudding 1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large glass or nonreactive bowl using a hand mixer, beat the eggs. Slowly beat in the sugar, then beat in the pumpkin pie spice and vanilla extract. Beat in the mashed sweet potatoes until thoroughly combined, then beat in the butter. Add the milk, beating until all of the ingredients are completely and thoroughly incorporated. If using a stand mixer, transfer the custard base to a large glass or nonreactive bowl. 2. Using your hands, mix the bread cubes and raisins into the custard base. Cover and refrigerate the mixture overnight. 3. Shortly before baking, heat the oven to 275 degrees. Thoroughly stir the mixture, making sure there are no white spots of un-soaked bread (it is fine if the soaked bread breaks down somewhat as you stir), and check to see that the raisins are evenly distributed. 4. Pour the mixture into a lightly buttered 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Lightly scatter and press the pecans onto the top of the pudding. 5. Bake the pudding until it has puffed and the custard is set in the center, about 70 to 90 minutes. Remove the pudding to a rack to cool for 2 hours before serving. Rum sauce 2 cups light corn syrup 1/4 cup dark rum 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature 2 tablespoons vanilla extract In a medium saucepan, heat the corn syrup, rum and vanilla to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from heat and, using a whisk, vigorously beat in the softened butter. Keep at room temperature until ready to serve. This makes about 3 cups sauce. Each of 16 servings: 735 calories; 10 grams protein; 104 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 32 grams fat; 15 grams saturated fat; 161 mg cholesterol; 61 grams sugar; 272 mg sodium

SWEET POTATO "BREAD" PUDDING WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix and 1 1/3 cups milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Break up biscuits.
• Butter bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Spread biscuit pieces in pan. Sprinkle with pecans and raisins. In large bowl, beat all remaining Pudding ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Pour over biscuits in pan. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Stir mixture in pan. Bake about 1 hour or until top is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat all Orange Sauce ingredients over low heat 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until slightly thickened and temperature reaches 165°F for 15 seconds. Serve warm over pudding. Store covered in refrigerator.