How About Something For New Year’s Morning Breakfast?????
This is a pretty yummy recipe – it has a little bit of bourbon in it but I’m sure it’s just as good without it. Still, after a long night waiting for the New Year to arrive, maybe a little bourbon is “just the thing” !!!! This does NOT have bacon in it but you won’t even notice that. It’s just so darn tasty.
Bread pudding is essentially just cubed bread mixed with whole milk (or cream) and eggs and baked in a casserole dish – it can be made sweet or savory and requires little technical skill in the kitchen. If you can make French toast, you can make bread pudding! This recipe calls for brioche in this recipe because it’s eggy and buttery, amping up the richness of the pudding. If you can’t find brioche, a good quality white or even multigrain bread will work, but don’t use sourdough here. The sour quality won’t match well with the other flavors. The raisins are soaked in bourbon (or whiskey) overnight to plump them up and infuse them with boozy, warm flavor and aroma. If you want to omit the bourbon, you certainly can, but I would recommend zapping the raisins in the microwave with some water for a few seconds to achieve a similar juicy effect. I’ve added walnuts for crunch, which adds a nice textural contrast – you can use pecans or even chopped almonds if you’d like.
Really, the only way to screw this recipe up is if you don’t allow the bread to fully soak up the custard mixture. You want the bread to drink in your custard so it’s creamy and soft – if it looks like you don’t have enough custard, just whisk together some more milk and another egg and add it to the bowl a bit at a time. You don’t want the mixture to be soupy, but you definitely don’t want it to be dry.
This bread pudding doesn’t need to be served with a sauce, but you could drizzle it with warmed maple syrup at breakfast or a caramel or vanilla sauce after dinner. I like it just scooped warm out of the casserole dish and paired with strong coffee or, in the evening, a tiny nip of bourbon. Either way, you can’t go wrong.
Bourbon Bread Pudding With Raisins and Walnuts
INGREDIENTS:
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup bourbon plus 1 Tbsp, divided
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 Tbsp butter, melted
- 4 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 loaf brioche, cubed
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts
|Preparation | In a small bowl, mix raisins and ½ cup bourbon. Allow to sit for a few hours or overnight. When ready to make the bread pudding, drain most of the bourbon from the raisins, leaving just a bit in the bowl.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and set aside. In a large bowl, mix the milk, butter, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon and 1 Tbsp bourbon until well blended. Add bread cubes and mix gently, coating the bread evenly with the custard, then gently stir in raisins and walnuts. Pour the bread pudding into your prepared pan and bake until the top is golden and crisp, 40 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.
YUM? You betcha………………an eye opener on New Year’s morning too………………………….OR you can always crawl back in bed after you eat and dream of bourbon bread pudding!!!!
Oh, boy, mama, get out the Wild Turkey! No, mama, NOT THE BIRD, the BOOZE.
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HAHAHA…..well maybe she should give this one a try – Mom and Dad APPROVED of this recipe – Dad even sacrificed some of his bacon-flavored Bourbon for it!
Hugs, Teddy
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Yum, bread pudding are delicious ! We have the same recipe, except we use “simple” bread instead of brioche, and rhum instead of bourbon, but it’s soooo good ! Purrs
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Oh yes – same idea – and in fact any bread will do and just about any “extra tasty” liquor – which rum is for sure one!!! Enjoy!
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I know SSNS and I would both enjoy this. Maybe we will do it one day this week OR New Year’s morning. IF we don’t eat the brioche before we can get it made. This is my favorite day of Christmas, the day after. All the big stuff behind us and we can kick back and enjoy leftovers!
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Same here! For exactly the same reasons……..we even had leftover sausage/potato gravy to have with biscuits again this morning – My Dad would love that. Two days of “his” gravy! The ham we had for dinner was wonderful and we might just do THAT again tonight! I think you would love love love this bread pudding….what’s not to love about it right? Sending you and SSNS big Post-Christmas hugs.
Love, Pam and BoopBoy
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That sounds delicious. I love bread pudding but don’t like dried fruit, but I am not giving up the bourbon so maybe I could drizzle it over the top.
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Sounds like a winner to me!!!!! I vote for it to be a GO! LOL
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Looks delicious!
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This is something I can sink my teeth into! Yum!
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You betcha…..total yum. TOTAL!
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That sounds like a great way to start the new year!!
The Florida Furkids
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Has to be a great way………I mean what’s not to love about this recipe right? Mom says we’re gonna have it although she will probably make a half recipe.
Hugs, Teddy
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Another yummy sounding recipe from the King!
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That sounds good. Thanks for the recipe. Have a great day, XO
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That does sound mighty good Teddy!
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Chef Teddy and King of Baconia
Pardon me while I grab a bib…I’m drooling uncontrollably
Hugs Cecilia
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I hear ya….we were drooling while we type the blog with this recipe! LOL
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Sounds like a perfect brunch for Boxing Day!
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Bourbon and brioche – perfect combination.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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OMD, dat sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing, I’ll be sure to show Mom your recipe.
Wags,
Ranger
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Good idea Ranger!!!! 🙂
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We popped this right into our recipes folder Dad LOVES bread pudding
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Yes ditto here!!
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This sounds really good!
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There is drooling here, but since its so cold, you likely won’t notice it till spring….MOL!
Warm and yummy in the tummy for sure.
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HAHAHA…..frozen drool – like icicles!
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Wow, this would be lovely!
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LadyMew sayss shee wuud lose THE wallnutss butt THE rest wuud bee purrfection!!!
Pleese pass THE puddin! 😉
**purrss** BellaDharma
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HA! Pass the puddin is right – sure sounds delish doesn’t it?!
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Yummy in the tummy is right. Mom has never made bread pudding because she never liked it until she had it made with croissants and then brioche. She is definitely going to make this recipe. She wonders if it would be okay to soak her raisins in rum? She watched Paula Dean on TV years ago make bread pudding with Krispy Kreme donuts! Wowzers, that had to be Sweet. Love to all. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, angel Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer and Kizmet
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YES in fact my Mom and Dad thought the same thing about using rum instead. Would be JUST AS GOOD!
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