| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 50 min |
| Active: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 6 to 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the cake pan
- 1 pound brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 loaf white bread, preferably day-old
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- Combine the cream, butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Let the butter melt, then slowly simmer the cream until it reduces slightly, about 10 minutes. Be careful that the mixture doesn¿t boil over; if it does, reduce or remove from the heat.
- Break the bread up into 1-inch pieces. Day-old bread is best but any bread will work. Place the bread in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8-inch-by-8-inch cake pan.
- Add the reduced heavy cream mixture to the bread pieces and mix until combined. Transfer to the prepared cake pan and sprinkle the kosher salt over the top. You want just a light sprinkle to give it that salty and sweet taste. Bake until firm in the middle, like brownies, about 20 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 967 |
| Total Fat | 69 g |
| Saturated Fat | 43 g |
| Carbohydrates | 83 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 61 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Cholesterol | 226 mg |
| Sodium | 544 mg |
Reviews
It’s delicious
This is a great tasting and easy dessert. The final product is definitely reminiscent of a real stick to your teeth salted caramel. I used sourdough as it’s my go-to for bread pudding and I’d recommend it with this recipe since it cuts the sweetness of that 1 lb of brown sugar. In the future, I’ll use a large saucepan to prevent boil over and completely melt the butter and sugar together before adding the cream. I’d also use a larger loaf of bread and increase the cooking time by 10-15 minutes to really get it to set.
Pretty good. I made a half recipe and it was very tasty. Easy to improvise and add additional items too. I would probably add a bit more bread next time, but I think it depends on the size of the loaf.