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Salted Caramel Bread Pudding is a decadent dessert made with brioche or challah bread, half-n-half, eggs, butter, and brown sugar topped with a silky smooth salted caramel sauce.
Bring on all the salted caramel! There’s something so comforting about a warm bowl of bread pudding. This popular dessert came about many, many years ago when bakers had to figure out what to do with the crusty day-old bread. They decided that soaking the bread in milk and eggs and baking it make a decadent, melt-in-your-mouth pudding-like texture. This Salted Caramel Bread Pudding takes it a step further and is drizzled with a homemade salted caramel sauce. Oh my goodness!
So how do you make this sweet Salted Caramel Bread Pudding?
Start with brioche or challah bread. What is brioche or challah bread? Brioche is a pastry of French origin that is similar to a highly enriched bread, and whose high egg and butter content give it a rich and tender crumb. Challah bread is very similar except it uses oil instead of butter and more eggs. Both types of bread work beautifully in this salted caramel bread pudding. You can even use french bread but you may need a tad more butter and sugar.
Soak brioche or challah bread in half-n-half, eggs, butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. You may substitute whole milk for half-n-half if needed. This is baked until golden brown.
Make an easy salted caramel sauce. This salted caramel sauce uses butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, and sea salt. This is drizzled all over the warm caramel bread pudding when you are ready to serve it. You may even top with freshly whipped cream.
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Salted Caramel Bread Pudding
Ingredients
Bread Pudding:
- 8 - 10 cups Brioche or Challah Bread cut into 2-inch cubes
- 4 cups Half-n-Half may substitute whole milk
- 5 Eggs slightly beaten
- 2 Tablespoons Vanilla
- 12 Tablespoons Butter 3/4 cup, Melted
- 1 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Sugar
Caramel Sauce:
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 t. Sea Salt Flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Put bread pieces in large mixing bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together half-n-half, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Pour egg-milk all over the bread, tossing it gently. Pour into greased 9 x 13 baking pan.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, remove from heat and add brown sugar and sugar and whisk until glossy smooth. Pour butter-brown sugar mixture all over bread pudding and toss gently.
- Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour to allow the bread time to soak up the liquid. Remove from the refrigerator and bake for 45-55 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 - 15 minutes or until the bread pudding is golden brown. Set the pudding aside while you prepare the salted caramel sauce.
- To make the salted caramel sauce:
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar and whisk until smooth. Stir in heavy cream and sea salt flakes until smooth.
- Pour glaze over caramel bread pudding. Serve warm.
- May top with fresh whipped cream.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I hope you all have a wonderful, relaxing Sunday! Enjoy this heavenly and decadent Salted Caramel Bread Pudding with the family. Happy Baking! xo
Made it for the first time awhile ago, my neighbors thought it was wonderful! And they’re from Louisiana!
I have made this at least two dozen times. It is perfect as is. I have used it for many church functions.
I love this recipe and have even made several different way. So versatile to use with all seasonal flavors.It is always a huge! What are your thoughts on soaking this overnight in the fridge then baking in the am?
Anytime you see Melissa’s recipes, trust that they will be good!! I received rave reviews from family members when I made this bread pudding, and I pinned it as one of my great recipes. I plan to make it often.
So fraking good!!
Could this recipe be cut in half? 12 servings is quite a lot for a family of two.
We loved it!
Very delicious and easy to follow recipe. I made it 4 times and each time I got compliments about how it was so delicious 😋. Thank you
Wow Kiria! 4 times is quite the compliment! Thank you so much for making my recipe, I am so happy to hear that you love it so much. I really appreciate it!
Amazing recipe. My family loved it. I used whole milk and 8 tbsp of butter instead of 12. I omitted the 1/4c of white sugar and only made half the amount of caramel sauce. With those small changes it was still extremely decadent. This is a keeper!
Every time I make this bread pudding it is a big hit!
Too sweet but yummy. I left out the white sugar and it was still too sweet. Next time 1/2 the brown sugar. Salted caramel sauce was yummy.
This is an amazing recipe. I add cinnamon and raisins to it. It’s one of my favorite things to eat!
How much Cinamon and Raisins???