Pecan Pie Bread Pudding with Vanilla Bourbon Glaze

Name: Pecan Pie Bread Pudding with Vanilla Bourbon Glaze
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 cups ½” stale French bread, challah, or brioche cubes; 2 bags (8 ounces) Santé Candied Pecans, divided; 4 tablespoons butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan; 2 cups half and half; 3 eggs; ½ cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ¼ teaspoon nutmeg; For the bourbon caramel:; ⅓ cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon bourbon; 1/2 cup

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:30min

This pecan pie bread pudding with bourbon caramel recipe scratches five different itches at once. It’s a crunchy, buttery pecan pie recipe; it’s a bread pudding recipe; and it’s a bourbon caramel sauce recipe all in one delectable dessert! Best yet, it’s in adorable single servings that bake up in a fraction of the time it takes to cook a pecan pie or bread pudding. You’ll want to break these out any time you have a cookout— the Candied Pecan topping makes these the ideal dessert for a dishes like smoked chicken or baby back ribs.

Updated at: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 14:10:02 GMT

Ingredients

12 servings

5 cupsFrench bread

1/2”, stale, challah, or brioche cubes

2 bagsSanté Candied Pecans

divided

4 tablespoonsbutter

melted, plus more for greasing pan

2 cupshalf and half

3eggs

½ cupbrown sugar

1 teaspooncinnamon

1 teaspoonvanilla

¼ teaspoonnutmeg

bourbon caramel

For the

⅓ cupheavy cream

1 tablespoonbourbon

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter a 12-cup muffin tin.

Step 2

In a large bowl toss together bread, half the pecans, butter, half and half, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg. Divide mixture between muffin cups, filling them ¾ full, and top with remaining Candied Pecans.

Step 3

Bake until browned and set, about 20 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, make caramel. In a small saucepan combine sugar and cream. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in bourbon.

Step 5

Serve bread puddings warm, drizzled with caramel.