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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Sweets

    Caramel Bread Pudding

    Published: Sep 11, 2015 by Ramya · 21 Comments

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    To mark the end of a very hectic week for me, I am going to post a dessert recipe today. Although Friday seems to have come so quickly this week, every day has been super busy. I am yet to read the other recipes from my favorite blogs. I cant wait for the weekend now 🙂 Moving onto this recipe, it’s a very simple bread pudding. When I had some extra slices of bread, I was looking for ways to utilize them and that’s when I got the idea of making a bread pudding. From what started as an idea of Bread Halwa, it turned into Caramel Bread Pudding. This is one of the simple desserts that can be made very quickly with a very few ingredients.

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    There are a number of ways to make bread pudding and this is my version. Instead of being too gooey, this pudding is kind of cross between a cake and a pudding. Its moist, its sweet, it looks like a cake but is smooth and soft and a bit gooey like a pudding. The process itself is very simple. Slices of bread are cooked in milk and sugar mixture until smooth. To thicken the mixture further, I used a tablespoon of plain custard powder and cooked the bread mixture until the custard powder is cooked. After resting it for a few minutes, I set the mixture in a butter coated baking dish and sprinkled brown sugar all over the top. Baked it for 10mins in the oven and that’s all – Caramel bread pudding is done! Did I not tell you its too easy make?! 🙂

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    To make Caramel Bread Pudding

    • Servings: 2-4
    • Time: 30 mins
    • Difficulty: Easy
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    What I used –
    • Brown Bread Slices, 4-5
    • Toned Milk, 1.5 cup
    • Sugar, 4 tbsp
    • Vanilla Essence, ¼th tsp
    • Vanilla Custard Powder, 1 tbsp
    • Unsalted Butter, 1 tsp
    • Brown Sugar, 1.5 tbsp

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    How I made –
    1. In a thick bottomed vessel, bring milk to a boil. Reserve a few tablespoon of milk.
    2. Roughly tear the bread slices (I kept the edges on), put them in the boiled milk. Mix well.CH_IMG_20150823_133613_1
    3. The bread slices will absorb the milk and dissolve soon. Add 4tbsp of sugar and mix well. Keep the flame on low.
    4. If the bread mixture is sticking to the bottom of the pan, ½ teaspoon of butter can be added.
    5. Add vanilla essence to the cooking bread-milk mixture. Mix well.
    6. Meanwhile, add the reserved milk with 1 tablespoon of custard powder and mix well. Pour the custard mix to the bread mixture. Cook for 4-5mins until the raw smell of the custard is gone.CH_IMG_20150823_134046_3
    7. Switch off the flame. Let the bread mix cool down.
    8. Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven at 180 deg C. Coat the baking dish with butter and sprinkle half of the brown sugar at the bottom of the pan, evenly.
    9. Set the cooked bread-milk mixture in the baking pan. Sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar all over the top.CH_IMG_20150823_134442_5
    10. Bake the bread pudding for 10 mins at 180 deg C and for 5 mins on the grill mode so that the top is nicely caramelized.
    11. Remove it from oven and let it rest for 10mins before turning it over.
    12. Serve either warm or chilled, as it is.

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    Note –
    • The bread should completely dissolve in milk and should become a smooth paste. On adding the sugar, it turns a bit runny. Keep cooking until the mixture comes together.
    • Adjust the quantity of sugar as per personal preference.
    • Instead of vanilla essence, green cardamom powder can be added as well.
    • Instead of Vanilla Custard Powder, corn flour can be substituted.
    • Adding the butter while cooking the mixture will ensure that the mixture is not too sticky.
    • The time to bake the pudding varies from oven to oven. Keep checking the pudding and as the sides turn golden brown or the top turns golden brown, remove it.

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    1. priyankamoraes

      September 11, 2015 at 9:56 am

      Yummylicious !

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:38 am

        Thanks Priyanka 🙂

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    2. Bharani

      September 11, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      Looks delicious.... and love the step by step pics 🙂

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:37 am

        Thank you Bharani 🙂

        Reply
    3. srividhya

      September 11, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      Great. Love that crust.. I use condensed milk for anything and everything 😉 I used the same for my bread pudding too

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:37 am

        I am sure condensed milk would make this pudding awesome 🙂 especially would be a win with children 🙂 I was a little hesitant to use it keeping calories in mind. sigh!

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    4. Vajeea

      September 12, 2015 at 12:09 am

      yummy looking!

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:35 am

        Thanks Vajeea 🙂

        Reply
      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:45 am

        Thanks a lot Vajeea 🙂

        Reply
    5. Lynz Real Cooking

      September 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      This sounds different than other bread puddings i have tried! Looks good!

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 8:03 am

        Thank you Lynz 🙂 For some reason this comment along with four more comments from you had landed in the spam folder.. fortunately I checked it, else would have missed them all 🙂

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        • Lynz Real Cooking

          September 13, 2015 at 8:07 am

          Thanks! Yes I missed about 20 comments all in spam!

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          • CHCooks

            September 13, 2015 at 8:12 am

            Awww! Sometimes its weird how these spam filters work 🙂

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            • Lynz Real Cooking

              September 13, 2015 at 8:14 am

              yes it is!! This nice friend told me they didn't hear from me back so they looked into it and when I looked about 20 messages from her!!

            • CHCooks

              September 14, 2015 at 9:53 am

              Ohh glad you found them 🙂

    6. Freda @ Aromatic essence

      September 13, 2015 at 3:08 am

      delicious!! I have my mom's recipe in my drafts, your post reminded me that I have to make it soon 🙂

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      • CHCooks

        September 13, 2015 at 7:35 am

        Thanks Freda.. looking forward to look at your mom's recipe on your blog 🙂

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        • Freda @ Aromatic essence

          September 13, 2015 at 10:04 am

          Will sure share it 🙂

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          • CHCooks

            September 14, 2015 at 9:52 am

            🙂

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    7. Traditionally Modern Food

      September 14, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Pudding looks yum.. Live the glaze.. Never used toned milk for pudding

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      • CHCooks

        September 14, 2015 at 9:49 am

        Thanks Vidya 🙂 I pretty much use this lot calorie milk for all my desserts 🙂

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