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Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Dessert Casserole Recipe

Bread pudding has always been intriguing to me. If made well, it can be so delicious! I love having bread pudding during chilly fall months or around the holidays.

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This Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding recipe is definitely tasty. The bread is delightfully sweet and the fruit is tangy–the perfect combination.

For this recipe, I chose not to just use any old bread (pun intended.). The bread that I use has so much added flavor and really makes this bread pudding special.

Usually you will leave the bread out overnight to dry out, but if you do not have time for this, I have a trick that I’ll share that will speed up the process of drying out. It may not be exactly the same, but it works if you are in a time pinch and forgot to have the bread sit out.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Square

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding

Make sure your bread is dried out. Either cut your bread into cubes and spread out in a pan and let it sit out overnight or you can cut it into cubes and pop it in the oven at 250°F for a while, checking every few minutes and flipping it around. You will want to do this just until it starts to feel dry. You do not want to actually cook the bread or brown it or anything. This is merely to dry it out to “day old” status.

The Hawaiian sweet round bread has a bit more moisture to begin with, compared to other breads, so it make take a little longer to dry out than other types of bread (but not long, so watch it closely.).

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Step 1

Grease a casserole dish and add in the bread and dried fruit.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Step 2

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, granulated sugar, salt, and vanilla extract until combined.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Step 3

Pour the liquid mixture over the bread and fruit in the casserole dish. Try to make sure all of the bread gets a little wet. Let sit for a few minutes to soak.


Mix together the melted butter and brown sugar then pour over the bread pudding mixture. At this point, all of the bread should be wet. If there are pieces of bread that are not covered in liquid, poke them down until they get wet (the same goes with the dried fruit.). Let sit a few more minutes.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Step 5

Bake uncovered at 350°F for about 50-60 minutes or until the bread pudding is set and the top is golden brown.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Scoop

Let the bread pudding cool a bit and finish setting, then serve warm or cold.

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Serve

Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding Cover
Yield: 8 servings

Sweet n' Fruity Bread Pudding

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This bread pudding is made with sweet bread and tangy dried fruit--a delightful combination for chilly fall or winter months.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups day-old Hawaiian sweet round bread, cubed
  • ½ cup variety of dried fruits (cranberries, raisins, blueberries/blueberry-flavored dried cranberries)
  • ½ cup pure almond milk
  • 1½ cups regular milk (use 2 cups regular milk if you skip the almond milk above)
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • 2 Tablespoons melted butter
  • ½ Tablespoon light brown sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Lightly grease a casserole dish and place day-old bread and dried fruit inside.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, and granulated sugar. Pour the mixture over the bread and dried fruit in the casserole dish and let it sit for a minute or two.
  4. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a separate dish then pour over the bread pudding mixture in the casserole dish. Be sure to poke down any bread or dried fruit that is not wet, as everything should be wet. Let this sit another few minutes.
  5. Bake the bread pudding uncovered for 50-60 minutes or until the pudding has set and the top is golden brown.
  6. Let the bread pudding cool for a short time then serve warm or cold.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 271Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 194mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 33gProtein: 7g

This nutrition information is auto-generated. Nutritional values may change with specific items and brands used, so manual calculation is recommended if exact nutritional counts are needed.

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I would love to hear from you in the comments below–What is your favorite time of year for eating bread pudding? Do you have any fond memories involving bread pudding? Share below!

6 Comments

  1. My Mom loves Bread pudding and taught me how to make it when I was growing up. I like your Sweet and Fruity Bread Pudding recipe and want to try it out. We love bread pudding at my house and make it all the time!

  2. I have never had bread pudding but this looks delicious. You always have great recipes!

  3. It’s been ages since I’ve made bread pudding. I love the idea of using a mix of dried fruits so each bite can be a little different. Thanks for your recipe.

  4. My husband has been making bread pudding lately (minus the fruit) I will have to share this recipe with him so he can dress it up.

  5. I have never had bread pudding before. This looks really good and would love to try it.

  6. I have never tried bread pudding. I think the possibility of being soggy bread is what keeps me away, but your picture does not give that impression at all.

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