Bailey's Irish Cream Bread Pudding

Irmgard's Note:

This is one of my adopted recipes.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 ½ slices French bread , thick, cut into 1 inch cubes (or substitute Irish soda bread Irish Soda Bread)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk , scalded
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 4 eggs , beaten
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup raisins
• 1 cup Baileys Irish Cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Butter one 2-quart casserole dish.
3. Prepare a water bath for the 2-quart casserole dish by placing a larger dish with water in the oven.
4. Place bread cubes in the 2-quart casserole dish.
5. Beat together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
6. Slowly add the scalded milk and Bailey's Irish Cream.
7. Pour over the bread.
8. If desired, sprinkle with brown sugar, nutmeg, and raisins.
9. Place the casserole in the water bath and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
10. Server either hot or chilled.
11. When You take the pudding out of the oven, if the pudding seems to be dry, you can sprinkle some Bailey's over the top to help make it moist.

Reviews

[dgpat]

I love flavored bread puddings!! I use the fat-free flavored coffee creamers and they work great! And, like KitchenManiac, I like to let it sit and soak up on the counter for a while. Our local grocery has day old bagel slices that they sell for 75cents a bag, and I love the pudding made with them!!

[Chef #1376400]

The bread pudding gave wonderful Bailey aroma but it retained so much alcohol that the taste was way off. I don't like desserts that are overpowered by liquor and this is one of them.

[Cooks, Shoots & Leafs]

This was a delish addition for St. Paddy's day! There was just a lone morsel left after the family descended. The only change I'd make would be to lighten up on the Baileys a smidge -- the alcohol was a touch overpowering. Then again, it's the post-meal drink and dessert rolled into one!