Hey, y'all! There are few desserts that you see more commonly on menus down here in the south than bread pudding. It's extremely delicious, easy-to-make, and versatile. It can be a bourbon bread pudding, berry bread pudding -- you name it, you can do it. I hope to show y'all more varieties on the blog in the future, but as for today, I'm excited to teach y'all How To Make Southern Bourbon Bread Pudding!
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How To Make Southern Bourbon Bread Pudding
What is Bread Pudding?
Bread pudding is popular in many cuisines, though originated in England. The base is stale, day-old, or left-over bread; it's the perfect dish for using up what you already have in the kitchen. However, there's a twist: the dish made from the left-over bread is even more delicious than the original purpose!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Bread pudding is traditionally a dish made to use up stale, day-old, or left-over bread.
That's truly up to you! You can use challah, Hawaiian, brioche, or even loaf bread -- whatever you have on hand.
I like this classic bread pudding served with freshly-whipped cream + berries.
Ingredients, Shopping List
- Bread (though use it when it's left-over or stale): challah, Hawaiian, brioche, loaf bread -- whatever you have or will use for other purposes! You'll use roughly 6 cups of cubed bread.
- Eggs: 5 eggs will be used in this recipe.
- Milk: 2 cups -- I like to use whole milk.
- Heavy Cream: 1 cup - it just makes everything better, y'all!
- Brown Sugar, Granulated Sugar: 1 cup each.
- Kentucky Bourbon: ¼ cup, y'all!
- Unsalted Butter: I prefer to bake/cook with unsalted butter + add salt if needed. It enables you to have full control of the salt level of your dishes. You'll use ¼ of a stick to grease your cast iron skillet.
- Good Vanilla Extract: 2 tablespoon -- it really makes a huge difference!
- Salt: 1 teaspoon - I use kosher.
- Cinnamon, Nutmeg: 1 tsp. each.
- Whipped Cream + Fresh Berries + Mint: for garnish.
The Recipe
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Southern Bourbon Bread Pudding
Equipment
- cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- 6 cups bread cubes
- 5 eggs
- 2 c. whole milk
- 1 c. heavy cream
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- ¼ c. bourbon
- ¼ stick unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- fresh mint for garnish
- fresh berries for garnish
- whipped cream for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Using the stick of unsalted butter, liberally grease the bottom and sides of a cast iron skillet.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugar, brown sugar, bourbon, vanilla, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- Add cubed bread to cast iron skillet in an even layer. Pour liquid mixture over the bread, allowing it to sit for 10 minutes.
- Bake for roughly 45-50 minutes -- or until the bread pudding has fully set. Allow bread pudding to cool/rest for 10 minutes.
- Garnish with whipped cream, fresh berries, and fresh mint. Enjoy!
Nutrition
This is going to be a new household favorite, y'all!
My best,
JC
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