French Toast Bread Pudding

By dkanon

Ingredients

• 12 Rhodes Warm-N-Serv™ Dinner Rolls or 12 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, baked according to package directions
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 8 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2/3 cup half and half
• 1 1/2 cups maple syrup, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
• powdered sugar
• nuts, if desired

Details

Servings 12
Cooking time 50mins
Adapted from rhodesbread.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cut rolls into 1-inch cubes and place in a sprayed 9x13-inch baking pan. In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until smooth after each one. Stir in milk, half and half, 1/2 cup syrup, almond flavoring and nuts if desired. Pour the mixture over the bread cubes making sure all are saturated. Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Remove from fridge and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking. Bake at 350