Name: Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Butter, melted - ¼ cup; Half-and-half - 2 cups; Milk - 2 cups; Soft French bread, torn into small pieces - 1 (1 pound) loaf; Eggs, lightly beaten - 3; White sugar - 3 cups; Vanilla extract - 4 teaspoons; Ground cinnamon - 1 ½ teaspoons; Raisins, or more to taste (Optional) - ¼ cup; Unsalted butter - ½ pound; Heavy cream - 1 cup; Brown sugar - 1 cup; Chopped toasted pecans - ½ cup

Ingredients for - Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce

1. Butter, melted ¼ cup

2. Half-and-half 2 cups

3. Milk 2 cups

4. Soft French bread, torn into small pieces 1 (1 pound) loaf

5. Eggs, lightly beaten 3

6. White sugar 3 cups

7. Vanilla extract 4 teaspoons

8. Ground cinnamon 1 ½ teaspoons

9. Raisins, or more to taste (Optional) ¼ cup

10. Unsalted butter ½ pound

11. Heavy cream 1 cup

12. Brown sugar 1 cup

13. Chopped toasted pecans ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat a 13x9-inch baking dish with 1/4 cup melted butter.

2 . Stage

Pour half and half and milk over bread in a large mixing bowl; let soak for 10 minutes before gently stirring. Stir eggs into the bread mixture until incorporated. Add sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and raisins respectively, stirring each addition into the mixture before adding the next. Spoon bread mixture into prepared baking dish.

3 . Stage

Bake in preheated oven until bread mixture is firm and pudding-like, about 50 minutes.

4 . Stage

Stir 1/2 pound unsalted butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar together in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, stir pecans into the cream mixture, and simmer until the sugar is dissolved and the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes; pour over bread pudding to serve.