Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce

Description

If you find yourself craving the fall flavors of pumpkin and almond, this recipe for bread pudding with amaretto sauce is one to try.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups crumbled dry bread
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 cups milk
  • ¼ cup butter, melted
  • ¼ cup rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream, chilled
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x9x2-inch baking pan. Place a pan of water into the bottom of the oven to help keep the pudding moist.
  2. Combine bread crumbs and walnuts in a bowl and pour into the bottom of the prepared baking pan.
  3. Beat condensed milk
  4. pumpkin puree
  5. eggs
  6. nutmeg
  7. cinnamon
  8. and ginger in a mixing bowl. Stir in milk
  9. melted butter
  10. rum
  11. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  12. and rum extract. Pour mixture over bread crumbs.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean
  14. about 1 hour.
  15. Meanwhile
  16. beat cream
  17. sugar
  18. and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a chilled bowl until stiff and peaked. Fold in amaretto and refrigerate whipped cream until ready to serve with the bread pudding.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 16

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