Recipe: Cinnamon Bread Pudding

Ingredients

Cinnamon bread, cut into 2-inch cubes (about 5 to 6 cups)
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy Cream
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tbsp brandy
Pinch salt

Sprinkle on top:
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
2 tbsp brown sugar
PREPARATION:
If making right away:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread.
  • Mix milk, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, brandy, sugar and salt.
  • Pour mixture over bread.
  • (If making right away:) sprinkle sugar and butter on top of mixture.
  • Bake for  45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned.

If making later:

  • Butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread.
  • Mix milk, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, brandy, sugar and salt.
  • Pour mixture over bread.
  • Soak overnight covered in the fridge.
  • Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Before baking sprinkle sugar and butter on top of mixture.
  • Bake for  45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned.