Simple spaghetti casserole recipe with a modern touch!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 loaf |
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ cup apple flavored syrup
- ½ cup raw sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup half-and-half cream
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 (16 ounce) loaf day-old French bread, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- ½ cup dried currants
Instructions
- Mix eggs, butter, apple syrup, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, and salt. together in a large bowl. Stir in half and half and milk. Place cubed bread and currants into a large baking dish. Stir in the egg mixture until bread is evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Uncover the baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 316 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 444 mg |
| Sugars | 24 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I highly recommend this bread pudding. I followed the recipe exactly, no changes are needed. I had some for dessert and I going to try some more in the morning with “black coffee and solitude”. If I was serving this to company, I might serve it with a very light vanilla sauce jut to dress it up a little. The bread I used was Hot Cross buns that I had frozen from Easter – they already had currants in them but I still added more as per the recipe. Thank you to the poster – this was a real treat. Serving size is very accurate in this recipe
This recipe is a favourite. I have also used craisins and maple syrup for a small change. Cardamom reminds me of Christmas and this is perfect for the holiday.
This recipe will become a tradition with us. I made it and sent it to my husband’s work party. There wasn’t a crumb left to bring home. It tasted wonderful. Not your typical dessert. I made my own apple syrup from a recipe that I found on the internet using apply jelly. (Couldn’t find apple syrup at the store.) Found dried currants at the local health food store in the bulk section. It is worth the effort to make this dessert.
Truly a special recipe. I didn’t change a thing! The spice combination is delicious, and the currants are wonderfully festive. (Raisins would be fine, in a pinch, but currants give more of a kick.) I also made a whiskey sauce to top the pudding when serving. (1/2 c butter, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c heavy cream, 1/4 c whiskey: heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Done. Super easy and great on bread puddings.) I made this pudding for Christmas dinner and could not have chosen a more perfect dessert. Everyone loved it. I will be making currant and cardamom bread pudding for years to come… THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS RECIPE 🙂