A truly special dessert made with left over doughnuts, topped with a rich rum sauce! Also makes a delicious brunch item that can be assembled the night before.
Servings
12 servingsServing Size
1/12th of recipeTotal Time
01:20Stand Time
15 minutesBake Time
45 minutes4 cups coarsely chopped, stale cake doughnuts
4 cups coarsely chopped stale bread
1/4 cup butter OR margarine, melted
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter OR margarine
1/4 cup spiced rum
1/2 cup raisins OR other dried fruit (dates, dried apricots, etc)
1/4 cup heavy cream
Spray 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
Place doughnuts and bread in baking dish. Whisk butter, milk, cream, eggs, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl. Pour over doughnuts and bread; let stand 15 minutes. (At this point, mixture can be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours, if desired).
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Bake pudding for 45 minutes, or until center is set.
For rum sauce, combine water, sugar, butter, rum and raisins in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in cream; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Pour rum sauce over warm bread pudding.
Recipe Note: Brandy can be substituted for the rum.
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