Bread Pudding With Praline Sauce

This delicious and easy bread pudding recipe is perfect for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays as it brings everyone into the kitchen, warm with the smell of cinnamon and vanilla fresh from the oven. This is a very large recipe and will feed quite a crowd!

Enjoy!

Ingredients for Bread Pudding

• 8 loaves stale French bread, broken into large chunks
• 1/2 tablespoon butter, softened
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 5 cups milk
• 6 ounces butter
• 7 ounces crushed pineapple
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using the 1/2 tablespoon butter, lightly grease a 13×9 pan
• In large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, sugar and cinnamon.
• In a medium pot on medium heat, combine the milk, remaining butter, pineapple and vanilla. Once butter has melted, remove pot from heat.
• Whisk the milk mixture and the egg mixture together, adding a big of the milk mixture at a time so as to not scramble the eggs.
• Pour the mixture over the bread and let soak for 30 minutes.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Ingredients for Praline Sauce

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 quart heavy cream
• 1/4 cup rum
• 1/2 box brown sugar
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

• Combine butter and sugar into a medium pot and cook on low heat until the sugar is melted.
• Add heavy cream and bring to a simmer.
• Whisk in the rum and add pecans. Cook for an additional 4-5 minutes.
• Pour over warm bread pudding.