Best Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce
A comforting family tradition featuring rich bread pudding topped with creamy vanilla sauce, perfect for special occasions and chilly days.
Equipment
- 2-Quart baking dish
- mixing bowl
- heavy saucepan
Ingredients
Bread Pudding
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1.5 cups white sugar
- 0.25 cups butter, melted
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 10 slices hearty farmhouse-style bread, toasted and cut into cubes
- 1 cup raisins
Vanilla Sauce
- 1.25 cups whole milk
- 0.5 cups light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Preparation
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
- For bread pudding, whisk together milk, sugar, melted butter, eggs, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.
- Gently stir in bread cubes and raisins.
- Lightly spoon mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set in the middle, 50 to 55 minutes; cover the dish with foil after 30 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Let pudding stand for 10 minutes before serving.
- For vanilla sauce, whisk together milk, brown sugar, butter, egg, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a heavy saucepan until smooth.
- Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until sauce is thickened and coats the back of a spoon, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract.
- Pour sauce over warm bread pudding or serve on the side in a bowl.
Notes
For extra richness, substitute heavy cream for milk; for a lighter dessert, substitute 2% milk for whole milk.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 546kcalCarbohydrates: 92gProtein: 11gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 129mgSodium: 387mgPotassium: 417mgFiber: 2gSugar: 72gCalcium: 236mgIron: 2mg
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