Apple Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
This Apple Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce is rich, cozy, and packed with fall flavor. It’s loaded with tender apples, warm spices, and finished with a velvety bourbon caramel sauce that takes it over the top. Whether you’re making it for brunch or dessert, this easy recipe is guaranteed to be a keeper.

Ingredients
Bread Pudding
Bourbon Caramel Sauce
Instructions
- Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350℉ and butter a 9×13 baking dish.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together heavy cream, milk, eggs, vanilla and rum.
- Step 3
Add sugars and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and whisk until combined.
- Step 4
Add bread cubes to the bowl and carefully stir, ensuring that each piece is soaked in the mixture; set aside.
- Step 5
Toss the apples with remaining ½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Step 6
Place half of the soaked bread cubes in prepared baking dish.
- Step 7
Top with cinnamon apple slices.
- Step 8
Place remaining bread on top; lightly press down.
- Step 9
Let sit for 30 – 60 minutes (or overnight).
- Step 10
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until set.
- Step 11
Meanwhile, place caramel and bourbon in a small sauce pan.
- Step 12
Heat over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes until caramel thins.
- Step 13
Drizzle Bourbon Caramel Sauce over the warm Apple Bread Pudding; serve immediately.
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