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Simple Bread Pudding With Melted Ice Cream
This easy bread pudding recipe has the simplest sauce: melted vanilla ice cream. Take any stale bread, especially brioche, and make it into this simple dessert.
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Genevieve Yam📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●saucepan
- ●bowl
- ●mixing bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease an 8x8" baking pan with 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter.
2
Heat remaining 7 Tbsp. unsalted butter in a small saucepan over medium-low, stirring occasionally, until it begins to brown and smell nutty, about ⏱️ 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool until just warm to the touch, 8–⏱️ 10 minutes.
3
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 3 large eggs, zest of 1 orange, 2¼ cups whole milk, ½ cup (100 g) sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon, and a pinch of ground nutmeg. Whisk in brown butter until incorporated.
large eggs3Zest of 1 orange¼ cups whole milk2. (1 stick) unsalted butter, divided8 Tbsp. vanilla extract1 tspA pinch of ground nutmeg
4
Add 6 cups 1" cubed stale brioche (about 11 oz./315 g) to prepared baking pan. Pour egg mixture over bread. Place baking pan on a baking sheet and bake until top is golden brown, 45–⏱️ 50 minutes. Let cool slightly.
1" cubed stale brioche (about 11 oz./315 g)6 cups
5
Serve warm with a drizzle of 1 pint ice cream of your choice, melted, if using.
pint ice cream of your choice, melted (for serving; optional)1
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