Description
This is a wonderful family recipe I often make at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 2 cups milk
- 1 (1 pound) loaf soft French bread, torn into small pieces
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 cups white sugar
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup raisins, or more to taste (Optional)
- ½ pound unsalted butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup chopped toasted pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat a 13×9-inch baking dish with 1/4 cup melted butter.
- Pour half and half and milk over bread in a large mixing bowl; let soak for 10 minutes before gently stirring. Stir eggs into the bread mixture until incorporated. Add sugar
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- and raisins respectively
- stirring each addition into the mixture before adding the next. Spoon bread mixture into prepared baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven until bread mixture is firm and pudding-like
- about 50 minutes.
- Stir 1/2 pound unsalted butter
- heavy cream
- and brown sugar together in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low
- stir pecans into the cream mixture
- and simmer until the sugar is dissolved and the sauce thickens
- about 5 minutes; pour over bread pudding to serve.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 16