Banana Bread Pudding is a warm dessert with bananas and raisins baked into custard soaked bread. Topped with rich caramel sauce!
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings 9
Baking Temp 350°F
Equipment
1-quart baking dish
Large saucepan
Small saucepan
Ingredients
2cupswhole milk
1cupmashed ripe bananas (3 medium)
½teaspoonsalt
⅓cuphoney
½cupraisins
1teaspoongrated lemon zest
2largeeggs, slightly beaten
5cupsday-old white bread, 1-inch cubes
Instructions
For the banana bread pudding
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 1-quart baking dish.
In large saucepan, scald milk over medium heat until bubbles begin to form (180°F). Remove pan from heat and stir in mashed bananas. Stir in salt, honey, raisins, lemon zest, eggs and bread cubes; mix well.
Turn into baking dish and smooth top. Let the bread soak in the egg-milk mixture for 10 - 20 minutes. Bake 45 - 50 minutes, until tip of knife or wooden pick inserted in pudding comes out clean and the edges are a light brown. The bread pudding should reach an internal temperature of at least 170°F.
For the caramel sauce
In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, cream and salt. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking gently until thickened, 3 - 4 minutes. Remove from heat; add vanilla extract. Drizzle over warm bread pudding.
Notes
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING (1/9 RECIPE, 148g):280 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9g total fat, 5g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 65mg cholesterol, 280mg sodium, 46g total carbohydrate, 2g dietary fiber, 32g sugars, 5g protein, 33mcg folate, 3mg vitamin C, 1mg iron.