Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding is an easy, rich, hugely popular, and impressive dessert.
Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding is a new addition to the holiday table for us. Traditionally our Thanksgiving dinner each year includes the traditional dishes, such as turkey, apple walnut cranberry salad, green bean casserole, roast Brussels sprouts, and sweet potato casserole, as well as the same desserts: apple, pecan, chess pie, and pumpkin pies. Â For the most part, everyone likes them and expects them each year.
However, my husband let me know he does not like pumpkin pie and does not want pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I, however, do like Pumpkin, as do others in the family, and want to include it with the Thanksgiving dinner.
I searched for all types of pumpkin recipes, including the ever popular pumpkin cake roll. I made it last year, and it was an Epic Failure. I discovered I am cake roll challenged. I did manage to salvage it and turn it into a layer cake. Hubby liked it ok….better than pumpkin pie but not Wow.
I remembered last year I had made a fantabulous (is that a word) bread pudding called Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce on AllRecipes.com. It was the best pudding I had ever made…until now.
This year I decided to add pumpkin to that bread pudding and wow is this fantastic! It is rich and creamy and sweet and crunchy and pumpkin-y all in one. And it is SO MUCH EASIER than that cake roll…and you don’t have to mess up your counters trying to roll the cake. Another bonus is that this is a great recipe to make in advance and can be served hot or cold.
If I, the cake roll challenged person that I am, can make this bread pudding, you can too. It is your turn! Follow the directions below, and it is a piece of cake….or, uh, in this case, bread pudding. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it.
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Be sure to check out these other pumpkin recipes like Pumpkin Fluff, Pumpkin Smoothie, and Crustless Pumpkin Pie.
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If you like this recipe be sure to check out these other pumpkin recipes.
Pumpkin Pie with a Gingersnap Crust
German Chocolate Pecan Pie
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Recipe
Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding
Ingredients
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
- 1 pound loaf day old Bread (French, Italian, or Challah), torn into small pieces
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Half and Half
- 1 15-ounce can Pumpkin Puree
- 1-1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
- 3 tablespoon Melted Butter
- 4 Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice *
Praline Sauce
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Chopped Toasted Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray and place torn pieces of bread in the dish.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, half and half, pumpkin, sugar, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice.
- Slowly pour the batter over the bread pieces in the baking dish. Be sure to cover all the bread pieces.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for about 1 hour.
- While the bread pudding is baking, make the praline sauce. In a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, stir together the butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low, and stir pecans into the cream mixture. Simmer until the sauce thickens, for about 5 minutes.
- Pour over bread pudding to serve.
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Notes
* Eggless Pumpkin Bread – Pumpkin Bread without eggs
* German Chocolate Pecan Pie – Adds chocolate to pecan pie.
* Eggnog Tres Leches Cake – Adds holiday cheer to a Mexican dessert.
Nutrition
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Lisa Frank says
Hi! I’m posting a Thanksgiving dessert recipe round-up tomorrow (Monday) on my blog, Handcrafted Parties, and just found this recipe. Talk about drool-worthy! I’d love to share a photo with my readers, along with the recipe link. (Sorry it’s such short notice!) Would you be willing to let me use a photo? You can email me at handcraftedparties.com. If I don’t hear back, I will still share the link.
Thanks!
Lisa 🙂
Occasional Cooker says
Hi Lisa I’d be honored for this recipe to included in the recipe round up, as long as there is a link back to my blog post.
Maria says
Oh my gosh, this looks so incredibly delicious!!!!! I LOVE bread pudding, and yours looks absolutely divine!!!
Barb says
You had me at ‘Praline!’ This looks devine. Thanks for sharing. Just followed the delicious aroma wafting from “WinedDownWednesday” link up. (I’m #37).
Megan says
Can I prep the bread pudding a day ahead of time and let it sit in the fridge soaking up all the wet ingredients, then bake it the following day? I really want to make this, just need to figure out if I can make it work with running all over the place for Thanksgiving!
Occasional Cooker says
Hi Megan, Absolutely you can make ahead. If you let it soak overnight, I recommend adding a cup of milk to the pumpkin mixture so it is not too dry. Then bake the next day.
Britni says
I really don’t like bread pudding normally but this looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing on the weekend re-Treat link party!
Britni @ Play. Party. Pin.
Lisa@ Cooking with Curls says
Oh wow, that looks incredibly delicious!! I am not a huge fan of pie, so this is perfect for me. 🙂
Michelle @ Life on the Horizon says
This looks DELICIOUS!!
Jenne says
Love your blog! Glad you joined up. Pinned!
Teresa DeLoney says
Been looking all over the internet and Pinterest of course, for days and finally on the day before Thanksgiving I find this desert!!! I am super excited! I have my bread cut up and getting stale… Gonna be good! 🙂 Thanks!
Occasional Cooker says
I’m glad you found us. Let me know how you like it. Happy Thanksgiving.
Teresa DeLoney says
It was absolutely delicious! Didn’t change a thing! It was even wonderful for breakfast the next day! Kind of reminded me of french toast. Yum!!!! Thank you so much!!! 🙂
Melanie says
Can you substitute milk for the cream and or half and half?? Have some cholesterol problems in the family 🙂
Occasional Cooker says
Hi Melanie. Yes you can substitute milk. Happy Thanksgiving.
Molly says
Can this be made a day ahead? I have family coming tomorrow and I have all of the ingredients. It looks so delicious! I’d like to go ahead and bake it if it will still be good tomorrow. 🙂
Occasional Cooker says
Hi Molly, Yes, this can be made ahead of time. You may want to add an extra cup of milk to the pumpkin mixture sine the bread will have more time to soak it up.
Liz says
This is delicious and the only thing I changed is I used day old cinnamon rolls from Cinnabon. This bread pudding did not last very long, absolutely wonderful. Thank you for the recipe. 🙂
Michele says
I’m so glad you liked it Liz! I bet it was wonderful using the cinnamon rolls! Yum! Thanks for letting us know.
Beverly Woods says
The Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding look like it would be delicious. I have Celiac Disease and must be on a Gluten Free diet. I usually make bread crumbs out of the bread when it gets to be a little stale, but I have used older bread to make bread pudding in the past and the it turned out really well. I tend to gravitate to recipes that look gooey because I’ve found that gluten-free flour tends to bake up dryer than wheat flour. I am looking forward to trying this recipe.
Michele says
Thank you Beverly. I hope you like it.
deena says
Hey there,
This looks delish and I LOVE love pumpkin season. Can’t wait to make this and indulge! Do you happen to know the nutrition info or the calories per serving?
Michele says
Hi Deena, Thank you. Unfortunately I don’t know the nutrition for it. I can tell you it is not a diet recipe.
Priscilla says
Hello, Someone just posted your Pumpkin Bread Pudding and I am wondering if you can use the Pepperidge Farm Pumpkin Swirl Bread? It’s sliced thin, so wasn’t sure you can use something like that? Pumpkin Swirl is a limited time offer. Thanks, Priscilla
Michele says
I’m not familiar with that bread, but it would probably work. I don’t know if it will give it a different texture or not, but I think it is worth trying.