Praline Pecan Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce

Recipe Rating:	14 Ratings5
Category:	Other Desserts
Collections:	Mardi Gras!
Keywords:	comfort, food, rum, pecans
Serves:	6
Prep Time:	30 Min
Cook Time:	45 Min

Ingredients

6 slc	white bread, cubed
3	eggs, beaten
2 c	milk, scalded
1/4 c	butter or margarine
2/3 c	sugar
1/2 tsp	salt
1 tsp	cinnamon
1 tsp	vanilla

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Cyndee Davis

Lightly Salted

Des Moines, IA (pop. 203,433)

Cyndee_Davis

Member Since Nov 2012

Cyndee's Notes:

Extra good with a little whipped cream on top the rum sauce.

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

Woo! Talk about comfort on a plate! This is a stunner of a dessert that's well worth the effort it takes to prepare. Enjoy!

Directions

Put bread cubes in greased 1 1/2 to 2 quart baking dish. Beat eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Scald the milk; add butter and; cool slightly, add to the egg sugar mixture; mix well Add pralines (see recipe below). Pour over bread cubes. Bake in a 325 degree oven with pan setting in a pan of water for about 45 minutes, or until knife inserted comes out clean. While warm, top with rum sauce (see recipe below) and sprinkle with reserved pralines.

Rum Sauce:
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
Dash of salt
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. light cream
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 t vanilla
3 T light run or ½ t rum extract

Mix all ingredients except rum extract in sauce pain, cook over medium heat until it boils, stirring constantly. Cool for about 15 minutes, then add and add vanilla and rum.

Pralines
½ c plus 2 T sugar
2 T cream
1½ t. butter or margarine
¼ t. cinnamon
1/8 t. salt
1/2 t. vanilla
1 c. nut meats (I used pecans)

Combine all ingredients except vanilla and nuts in a 1-qt. saucepan.
Mix well and bring to boil over medium heat. Cook until 244 degrees (firm
ball stage), stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and
nuts. Continue stirring until coating grains on nuts. Spread on cookie
sheet to cool. Add to bread pudding, reserving 3 T for topping.