More Great Recipes: Dairy | Dessert | Eggs


Famous Dave's Bread Pudding with Plantation Praline Sauce


User Avatar
Member since 2008
Got a question about this recipe?
Use our BakeBot Ai Chat for instant answers.
No Video

Serves | Prep Time | Cook Time

Why I Love This Recipe

This recipe comes directly from Pete Benedict who is the general manager of Famous Dave's Restaurant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin


Ingredients You'll Need

Unsalted butter, room temperature
1 loaf (1 1/2 pounds) cinnamon egg bread
2/3 cup golden raisins
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups milk
2 cups whipping cream
1/4 cup vanilla extract
8 Eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Whipped cream and ice cream
Plantation praline sauce:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (cube 1/2 cup) (divided)
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 pounds light brown sugar (about 3 1/4 cups packed)
3/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 Cups sour cream
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract


Directions

Coat bottom and sides of 13-by-9-inch baking pan heavily with the butter.


Tear bread into 1-inch pieces. Mix with raisins in bowl. Lay bread mixture evenly in prepared dish, turning crust side down, as this tends to burn easily.


In bowl, whisk sugar, milk, whipping cream, vanilla, eggs and cinnamon until blended. Pour over bread mixture.


Preheat oven to 325 degrees.


Place baking dish in larger 4-inch deep baking pan. Add water to reach halfway up side of dish. Bake in preheated oven 1 hour.


Remove from water bath. Let stand 20 minutes.


Cut pudding into 9 portions and put into large dessert bowls. Add a scoop of ice cream next to the pudding, then spoon 3 to 4 ounces of warm praline sauce over the pudding and the ice cream. Top with whipped cream if desired. Makes 9 very large servings.


Plantation praline sauce:


To make this sauce, it is very important to follow the directions carefully and to use a candy thermometer.


In large saucepan, heat 1/2 cup of the butter until melted. Add pecans and mix well. Bring to a boil.


Cook until pecans begin to change color. Mixture will foam up.


Add remaining 1/2 cup cubed butter and mix well. This will cool pecan mixture and stop the cooking process. Remove from heat.


Combine brown sugar, whipping cream and cinnamon in a saucepan and mix well.


Cook over low heat until blended, stirring constantly. Increase heat and cook until mixture comes to 230 degrees on a candy thermometer. Stir in pecan mixture. Add sour cream and vanilla and mix well.


Remove from heat. Makes 4 cups.


Servings at the restaurant are very large. For at home use, the pudding could be cut into 18 portions and the sauce could be halved


Questions, Comments & Reviews


1st time to ever make Bread Pudding. I was told by an Atty friend, born in Louisiana and raised on bread pudding, that "THIS IS THE BEST Breadpudding I HAVE EVER HAD!!!" (I could not find Cin Egg Bread, so I just used egg rolls and sprinkled Saigon Cinnamon over each layer of bread. THIS IS A KEEPER!!!! 5 Stars + from a "non-cook". Very easy to make.

I saved this recipe in "My Cookbook".
I can't wait to try this recipe.
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Carol. I've saved the recipe in my cookbook now.

Ellen

Disney's Tinker Bell Secret of the Wings Cookbook
By BakeSpace Fairies

6 Recipes

489 Downloads
FREE
The Official "Burnt" Movie Cookbook
By Burnt Movie Cookbook

7 Recipes

51222 Downloads
FREE
'CHEF' the Film Cookbook: Recipes from El Jefe
By CHEF the Film

7 Recipes

11878 Downloads
FREE
Mixed Berry Tart
Mixed Berry Tart
Slutty Brownies
Slutty Brownies
Torta Cubana
Torta Cubana
Hi, I'm BakeBot.

Way beyond a chatbot, I can seamlessly interact with BakeSpace recipes and cookbooks, making modifications and answering cooking questions a breeze.

FYI, I’m new, still in beta and you are among the first to chat with me. If you notice a glitch, let us know.
Want to create a recipe? Try our BakeBot AI Recipe Maker!