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Pumpkin Bacon Bread Pudding

Slightly sweet pumpkin bread paired with salty crunchy bacon and savory crisped sage create a dish worthy of entertaining. An impressive brunch dish or a unique twist on dinner.
Course *Easy Entertaining Dishes
Keyword pumpkin, pumpkin bacon bread pudding, easy recipe, dessert, recipe, bacon, entertaining, pudding, bread pudding
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 2 -3 loaf
Author Dani Meyer

Ingredients

  • 2 loaves HBin5 Pumpkin Brioche
  • 1/2 to full package of bacon your choice
  • 1 large onion
  • 2-3 tb minced garlic
  • fresh sage
  • 1/2 stick of butter
  • 4 cups milk
  • 4-5 eggs add more if you like your bread pudding more eggy
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese divided in 2
  • salt and pepper
  • dash of nutmeg cinnamon and allspice
  • Serving Suggestions:
  • Syrup or Brown or White Pepper Gravy

Instructions

  • Cube the bread loaves. Place in a large mixing bowl.
  • Cook bacon until crispy and remove to a cutting board.
  • Melt butter in bacon fat and cook onion, garlic, and sage until sage is crispy and onions translucent.
  • Mix milk, eggs, half of cheese and spices together.
  • Pour over bread mixture. Mix well making sure all milk is absorbed. If the bread still looks dry increase your milk/egg/cheese combination until the bread is all moistened. Pressing into the milk with hands together lightly can help in absorption.
  • Chop bacon. You can either add bacon into onion mixture at this point or reserve some or all of it for topping.
  • Once the bread is moistened add onion mixture and stir well to incorporate.
  • Fill bread loaf pans with mixture. (Pyrex dishes work but are really too shallow to get a nice tall bread pudding and they tend to dry out more than desired.)
  • Top with reserved bacon if desired and plenty of cheese.
  • Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until the center is set.
  • Serve with syrup or a brown or white pepper gravy

Notes

I speculate that this could also be turned dessert with cream cheese or comparable glaze. If you try it let me know!