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Apple Bread Pudding with Warm Butter Sauce

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 10, 2018
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Bring back memories of Grandma's kitchen with a comforting bread pudding with a rich caramel sauce.

More About This Recipe

  • Though it’s humble in appearance, there’s nothing ho-hum about the rich taste and custardy texture of bread pudding. It’s a dessert that has a long history and a proliferation of varieties in America and throughout the world, but this apple-studded version is an ideal choice for a cozy fall dessert. It’s made from scratch, but can be prepped in just 25 minutes — and 20 of those minutes are hands-off, when you let the egg mixture soak into the bread and apples. While the apple bread pudding is baking in the oven, you’ll have plenty of time to prepare the decadent finishing touch, a buttery caramel sauce. Serve up the warm pudding with a generous drizzle and you’ll impress everyone at the table. Especially when fall rolls around, we can’t get enough of apple bread recipes like this, which make the whole house smell sweet and scrumptious. For the best results, whatever kind of apple treat you’re making, brush up on our time-tested advice on how to bake with apples.

Apple Bread Pudding with Warm Butter Sauce

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 2 hr 20 min
  • Servings 12
  • Ingredients 16
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Ingredients

Bread Pudding

  • 4 whole eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 2 1/2 cups whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 medium apples, peeled, cubed (2 cups)
  • 12 oz French or other firm bread, cut into 1/2-inch slices, then cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces (10 cups)
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Sauce

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 325°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, beat 4 whole eggs, 1 egg yolk and 3/4 cup granulated sugar with wire whisk until well blended. Beat in milk, whipping cream, vanilla and 1 teaspoon cinnamon until well blended. Stir in apples and 7 cups of the bread pieces. Let stand 20 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    Pour apple mixture into baking dish. Lightly press remaining 3 cups bread pieces on top of mixture in baking dish. Brush top of bread with melted butter. In small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over top.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until top is puffed and light golden brown (center will jiggle slightly). Cool 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    In 1-quart saucepan, heat sauce ingredients to boiling over high heat, stirring constantly, just until butter is melted and sauce is hot. Serve warm bread pudding with sauce.

Nutrition

520 Calories
30g Total Fat
8g Protein
54g Total Carbohydrate
39g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
520
Calories from Fat
270
Total Fat
30g
47%
Saturated Fat
18g
90%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
175mg
59%
Sodium
300mg
13%
Potassium
250mg
7%
Total Carbohydrate
54g
18%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
39g
Protein
8g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
20%
20%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
15%
15%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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