French Quarter Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (1 pound) loaf french bread
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup golden raisins

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). cut bread into 1 inch thick slices. arrange bread slices and pecans on a baking sheet and drizzle with melted butter; toast lightly.
• in a large bowl, beat together eggs, cream, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla. put bread and pecans in a lightly greased 7x11 in casserole dish. pour egg mixture over bread. make sure that bread slices are saturated with liquid.
• bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until golden. serve warm.