Creme Carmel Bread Pudding

By á-47

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups (packed) brown sugar
• 4 1/2 cups 1/2" cubes crustless egg bread, such as challah or brioche
• 7 eggs
• 2 cups heavy whip cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 2 tea. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tea. nutmeg
• 2 pinches salt

Preparation

Step 1

Spread brown sugar evenly in bottom of 8x8 glass baking dish. Sprinkle bread cubes evenly over.

Combine eggs, cream, milk, 2 Tbsp. sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt in large bvowl; whisk to bend well. Pour custard through sieve over bread in dish. Let pudding stand 30 minutes, occasionally pressing on bread to submerge.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place dish in roasting pan, fill with water to come up halfway the sides of the dish. Bake pudding until set, brown on top, and a small knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.