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    White Chocolate Pecan Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce

    By Julia | Updated: Dec 10, 2020 | Published: Sep 09, 2012 | 19 Comments

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    This White Chocolate Pecan Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce is a more sophisticated version of a regular bread pudding. The bread pudding itself is made with French bread, raisins, chopped white chocolate, and pecans. The cream sauce is made with butter, sugar, cream, Whiskey, and Creme de Cacao liqueur (chocolate liqueur).  The bread pudding is served with the hot cream sauce poured over it.

    Bread pudding with cream sauce, white chocolate, creme de cacao

     

    This bread pudding recipe is a favorite in my family.   We love it because we love white chocolate and various liqueurs with our desserts sometimes.  In this recipe, I added white chocolate to the bread pudding and Chocolate liqueur (I used Creme de Cacao), and Whiskey to the cream sauce.

    White Chocolate Bread pudding with whiskey cream sauce

    Ingredients for white chocolate pecan bread pudding:

    4 eggs
    ¾ cup Sugar
    2 cups milk
    6 cups French Bread (half of a loaf), sliced or torn
    ¼ cup raisins
    ¼ cup white chocolate, coarsely chopped
    ¼ cup brown sugar
    3 tablespoons butter
    ½ cup pecans, chopped

    Ingredients for Whiskey cream sauce:

    2 oz butter (½ stick)
    ¼ cup sugar
    ½ cup heavy cream
    â…› cup Whiskey
    ¼ cup chocolate liqueur (I used Creme de Cacao)

    Use 9 by 3 inch deep cake pan

    How to make white chocolate pecan bread pudding:

    1)  Pre-heat oven to 350 F.

    2)  Prepare bread - you can either slice the bread by cutting a loaf with a knife, or do it like me - I just snapped small pieces of bread with my fingers, until I had 6 cups of torn bread.

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    Beat eggs with a mixer for about 3 minutes, add sugar, milk and continue beating for 1 minute.   Place cubed bread in a large pan and pour the milk mixture over cubed bread   Mix milk mixture with bread until evenly incorporated.

    3)  Let the bread sit and soak for about 15 minutes.   After 15 minutes, stir in white chocolate and raisins, and mix all ingredients well so that they are evenly distributed.

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    4)  In the meantime, heat and melt butter in a small pan, add brown sugar, pecans and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes to coat pecans with butter and brown sugar.

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    5)  Grease a 9x3 casserole pan.  Pour bread mixture into the pan, the mixture will still have quite a lot of liquid, not all of it will be absorbed by bread - it's normal.

    Bread pudding with cream sauce

    6)  Sprinkle pecan and brown sugar mixture over the top.

    7)  Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes or until nicely browned and golden crust forms on top.  The pudding will rise to the top of the pan towards the end of the baking - it's normal.  Remove from oven, let it cool uncovered.

    White Chocolate Bread pudding

    How to make Whiskey cream sauce:

    8)  Mix all ingredients in a small pan and bring them to boil, stirring well.  Boil for 5 or 10 minutes until the mixture begins to foam and rise.  At this point, remove from heat.

    9)  To serve, pour hot cream sauce over or around a piece of bread pudding.

     

    white chocolate bread pudding with whiskey sauce
    5 from 6 votes

    White Chocolate Pecan Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce

    This White Chocolate Pecan Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce is a more sophisticated version of a regular bread pudding.   The bread pudding itself is made with French bread, raisins, chopped white chocolate, and pecans.   The cream sauce is made with butter, sugar, cream, Whiskey, and chocolate liqueur (I used Creme de Cacao).   The bread pudding is served with hot cream sauce poured over it.  
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    Prep Time 30 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 people
    Calories per serving 342 kcal
    Author: Julia

    Ingredients

    Bread pudding ingredients:

    • 4 eggs
    • ¾ cup Sugar
    • 2 cups milk
    • 6 cups French Bread (half of a loaf), sliced or torn
    • ¼ cup raisins
    • ¼ cup white chocolate , coarsely chopped
    • ¼ cup brown sugar
    • 3 tablespoons butter
    • ½ cup pecans , chopped

    Cream sauce ingredients:

    • 2 oz butter (½ stick)
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • ½ cup heavy cream
    • â…› cup Whiskey
    • ¼ cup chocolate liqueur (I used Creme de Cacao)

    Instructions 

    Bread Pudding:

    • Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
    • Prepare bread – you can either slice bread by cutting a loaf with a knife, or do it like me – I just snapped small pieces of bread with my fingers, until I had 6 cups of torn bread.
    • In a small bowl, beat eggs with a mixer for about 3 minutes, add sugar, milk and continue beating for 1 more minute. 
    • Place torn bread in a large pan and pour the egg and milk mixture over cubed bread Mix milk mixture with bread until evenly incorporated.
    • Let the bread sit and soak for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, stir in white chocolate and raisins, and mix all ingredients well so that they are evenly distributed.
    • In the mean time, heat and melt butter in a small pan, add brown sugar, pecans and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes to coat pecans with butter and brown sugar.
    • Grease a 9x3 casserole pan. Pour bread mixture into the pan, the mixture will still have quite a lot of liquid, not all of it will be absorbed by bread – it’s normal.
    • Sprinkle brown sugar and pecan mixture over the top of bread pudding.
    • Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes or until nicely browned and golden crust forms on top. The pudding will raise to the top of the pan towards the end of the baking – it’s normal. Remove from oven, let it cool uncovered.

    Whiskey Cream Sauce:

    • Mix all the ingredients for cream sauce in a small pan and bring them to boil, stirring well. Boil for about 5 minutes until the mixture begins to foam and rise. At this point, remove from heat.
    • To serve, pour hot cream sauce over or around each serving piece of bread pudding.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    White Chocolate Pecan Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    342
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    17
    g
    26
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    8
    g
    50
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    90
    mg
    30
    %
    Sodium
     
    188
    mg
    8
    %
    Potassium
     
    157
    mg
    4
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    39
    g
    13
    %
    Sugar
     
    27
    g
    30
    %
    Protein
     
    5
    g
    10
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    495
    IU
    10
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    0.2
    mg
    0
    %
    Calcium
     
    83
    mg
    8
    %
    Iron
     
    1
    mg
    6
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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    1. Stephanie Weathers

      March 06, 2022 at 1:19 pm

      I do not have chocolate liqueur what can I use? It is Sunday and liquor store is not open.

      Reply
      • Julia

        March 22, 2022 at 12:14 am

        Stephanie, you can use Frangelico, Kahlua, or Bailey's instead of the chocolate liqueur.

        Reply
    2. Timmy Hoover

      November 16, 2021 at 1:40 pm

      Julia, what a great recipe! This will be great for Thanksgiving and Christmas 🙂

      Quick question, for the bread, do we have to leave it out for a few hours for it to be nice and dry or bake it for a few minutes before we use it?

      Reply
      • Julia

        November 16, 2021 at 2:06 pm

        Thank you, Timmy! I didn't do anything special with the bread prior to preparing the pudding. I had a fresh loaf of bread and used it as is.

        Reply
    3. Sandy

      December 10, 2020 at 5:20 pm

      Excellent recipe for the winter. Thank you,

      Reply
      • Julia

        December 11, 2020 at 1:26 am

        You are very welcome!

        Reply
    4. Deliliah Jackson

      December 09, 2020 at 7:40 pm

      This recipe calls for cream. What kind of cream

      Reply
      • Julia

        December 10, 2020 at 9:18 pm

        It's heavy cream. I have updated the recipe.

        Reply
    5. Deliliah Jackson

      December 06, 2020 at 2:31 pm

      What kind of cream for the sauce ?

      Reply
      • Julia

        December 11, 2020 at 12:03 am

        It's heavy cream. I just updated the recipe.

        Reply
    6. Richard Hays

      February 04, 2019 at 7:18 pm

      Would it be okay to use white chocolate chips?

      Reply
      • Julia

        February 10, 2019 at 10:10 pm

        Yes, you can use white chocolate chips!

        Reply
    7. julie thomson

      March 20, 2013 at 1:59 pm

      Hi! I'm working on a recipe round-up for The Huffington Post Taste and I'd love to feature your recipe. Please contact me if you're interested. Thanks!

      Reply
    8. Archana

      September 12, 2012 at 9:13 am

      Wow This is amazing. A simple pudding has turned into a delicacy. I loved your description too. I feel like I have bitten into the the pecan s and yummmmm.
      Thanks for linking.

      I am hosting Bake Fest all through Sept ’12. Do send me your entries
      I am also hosting Fast Food Not Fat Food 1st Sept to 15th Oct ’12. Do send me your entries

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 12, 2012 at 1:42 pm

        Thank you! And thanks for the follow up on my entry.

        Reply
    9. Kajal

      September 10, 2012 at 11:01 am

      We love bread puddings too, and i have a version where i add chocolate chunks and butterscotch - heavenly! 🙂

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 10, 2012 at 11:30 am

        Aren't bread puddings great? So easy to make and so delicious.

        Reply
    10. Denise @ TLT

      September 10, 2012 at 1:07 am

      How I love bread pudding, this looks delicious!

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 10, 2012 at 1:34 am

        Thank you! 🙂

        Reply

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