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Moist and flavorful this Gingerbread Bread Pudding has all the delicious flavors of your traditional gingerbread with a sweet and creamy glaze.
Christmas is coming and what is the holiday without gingerbread everything? Well sometimes I like my gingerbread for breakfast and what better way than with this Gingerbread Bread Pudding!
With sweet and spicy mixed together this bread pudding is the perfect holiday dish whether you like it for breakfast, brunch or dessert. Served hot or cold, this is the answer to all your holiday problems!
In all honesty, I love the flavor of gingerbread all year long. The molasses and the ginger and spices just bring this sense of comfort and they are literally a party in my mouth, so I’m not going to complain.
It’s more of a Fall flavor to me than just a Christmas flavor. I mean who decided that there are certain seasons for specific foods? I mean really?
Anyways, I have learned to really really love bread pudding. It is a comfort dish to me, and I would never eat it growing up because I just thought the thought of wet bread was disgusting. But thankfully my opinions changed over time.
I figured that I would combine two of my favorite desserts into one!
WHAT INGREDIENTS DO YOU NEED?
- Texas Toast
- Milk
- Eggs
- Brown Sugar
- Sugar
- Spices (ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, all-spice)
- Molasses
- Vanilla
- Butter
- Sweetened condensed milk
This gingerbread bread pudding recipe has just the right amount of gingerbread and sweetness. The sauce really does make this dish what it is.
The creamy “syrup” as we will call it compliments this well and pulls just the right flavors out with each and every bite. Irresistible as my family has said!
HOW TO MAKE BREAD PUDDING:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place bread on to baking sheet and place in oven for about 10 minutes turning stirring halfway through to crisp the bread up.
- Remove from oven and place into large bowl.
- In another bowl combine your milk, eggs, sugar, molasses, spices and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Pour oven your bread and stir until absorbed, let sit for about 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile spray a 2qt baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Spoon your bread mixture into pan and place in oven and bake for about 45-60 minutes or until center is set and no longer jiggly.
- Remove from oven to cool slightly.
- To make your sauce in sauce pan add your sugar, butter and sweetended condensed milk and stir until combined.
- Cook over medium-high heat until melted and creamy.
- In large bowl beat your egg, add a little bit of your sauce at a time to temper the egg so it doesn’t scramble, and whisk together.
- Stir in your vanilla.
- Pour over your bread pudding and serve.
Bread pudding is really a simple and easy recipe to make and there are so many variations out there that are absolutely amazing.
But what makes bread pudding with it is is aptly know as “bread pudding sauce”. There are a lot of times where you won’t find a bread pudding recipe that doesn’t have some soft of sauce. So it’s more or less what it is known for.
These simple dishes are great for get togethers. I actually had my first bread pudding when we were at a buffet in Las Vegas and I was instantly hooked! I have to admit that it was literally amazing.
I wish I could recreate that exact one, but I don’t remember what it was I’m pretty sure it was our basic run of the mill bread pudding recipe, but boy was that ever good!
We’ve been making it ever since then. My husband and kids have come to love all the different flavors that I create, because I mean how can you not experiment with them all!
So if you’re looking for a great option for your next brunch or holiday gathering this Gingerbread Bread Pudding would makea great choice for something comforting yet different enough to stand out!
If you like this recipe you might also like:
- Banana Bread Pudding
- Coconut Cream Bread Pudding
- Pina Colada Bread Pudding
Gingerbread Bread Pudding
Moist and flavorful this Gingerbread Bread Pudding has all the delicious flavors of your traditional gingerbread with a sweet and creamy glaze.
5 from 8 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 10 people
Calories: 292kcal
Author: Tornadough Alli
Ingredients
- 1 loaf Texas Toast cut into 1" cubes
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 5 eggs
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp all-spice
- 1 tsp vanilla
Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter slightly melted
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Place bread on to baking sheet and place in oven for about 10 minutes turning stirring halfway through to crisp the bread up.
Remove from oven and place into large bowl.
In another bowl combine your milk, eggs, sugar, molasses, spices and vanilla and whisk until combined.
Pour oven your bread and stir until absorbed, let sit for about 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile spray a 2qt baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Spoon your bread mixture into pan and place in oven and bake for about 45-60 minutes or until center is set and no longer jiggly.
Remove from oven to cool slightly.
To make your sauce in sauce pan add your sugar, butter and sweetended condensed milk and stir until combined.
Cook over medium-high heat until melted and creamy.
In large bowl beat your egg, add a little bit of your sauce at a time to temper the egg so it doesn't scramble, and whisk together.
Stir in your vanilla.
Pour over your bread pudding and serve.
Notes
You may have extra sauce, use to pour over individual slices if desired. Feel free to also use your fave vanilla sauce!
Nutrition
Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 253mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 119mg | Iron: 1.6mg
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