Sweet Potato Bread Pudding
Take this soft and delicious sweet potato bread pudding to a potluck dinner and watch it disappear! Use a vanilla custard sauce or brown sugar sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 9 servings 1x
- Category: Desserts, Bread Pudding, Sweet Potatoes
- Method: BAke
- Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 cups bread cubes (good quality bread cut into 1/2 cubes)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries, optional (or dates or raisins)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 15-oz can sweet potato puree (1 1/2 cups)
Instructions
Prepare the Oven and Pan
- Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C).
- Lightly butter a 2 1/2-quart or 3-quart baking dish.
Prepare the Bread Cubes
- In a large bowl, toss the bread cubes with the pecans, dried cranberries, if using, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Drizzle the melted butter over the bread while tossing. Set aside.
Make the Batter
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs with the half-and-half, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk in the sweet potato puree until well blended. Add the bread and spice mixture and mix well.
- Pour the bread pudding mixture into the prepared baking dish.
Bake
- Bake the sweet potato bread pudding for 50 to 60 minutes, or until it is firm and lightly browned.
Find it online: https://classic-recipes.com/sweet-potato-bread-pudding/