Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding

This recipe holds a special place in my heart, because it was adapted from one of my favorite restaurants back home in Texas. Perini’s Steakhouse is famous for their award-winning bread pudding. This recipe is beyond simple and mouthwatering. The secret is all in the Jack Daniels whiskey sauce.

You most definitely don’t have to be a “baker” to make a delicious bread pudding. If you are wanting to really impress your friends and family I highly recommend starting with this recipe. It is essentially FOOLPROOF and requires few ingredients. I can usually throw this together in about 10-15 minutes.

Fresh cranberries and grated orange zest make this the PERFECT holiday dessert.

Yields 8 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 50-60 minutes

INGREDIENTS
Bread pudding
4 slices sourdough bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup fresh cranberries

Whiskey sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup bourbon, preferably Jack Daniels

NOTES
Recipe adapted from Tom Perini.

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INSTRUCTIONS
Bread pudding
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Beat together the eggs, milk, orange zest, and vanilla. Slowly whisk in the melted butter.

Add in the sugar very slowly while whisking. Beat until the sugar is dissolved.

Arrange the 1-inch cubes of sourdough bread in the bottom of a round 9-inch baking dish.

Slowly pour the batter over the bread cubes. Make sure the bread is fully saturated.

Sprinkle the chopped pecans and fresh cranberries on top.

Using your hands gently press the pecans and cranberries down into the bread.

Bake for 50-60 minutes until the bread is slightly toasted.

Whiskey sauce
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium low heat.

Add the heavy cream, sugar, and bourbon.

Stir constantly and bring to a low rolling boil.

Pour sauce over individual servings of the bread pudding.

Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding