Pumpkin Butterscotch Bread Pudding

With sugar, spice and everything nice, this delightful bread pudding is coated with scrumptious butterscotch morsels for a dessert that’s easy to be thankful for. And with a flavorful boost of pumpkin, what’s not to love?

Prep: 30 min | Bake: 55 min | Cool: 30 min | Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) loaf cinnamon challah bread or cinnamon brioche, cut into 3/4 inch cubes (about 10 cups)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans Nestlé® Carnation® Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk
• 1 (15 ounce) can Libby's® 100% Pure Pumpkin
• 1 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• Vanilla Dreyer's or Edy's Slow Churned Light Ice Cream

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
2. Spread bread cubes in a single layer on rimmed baking sheets. Bake, tossing occasionally, for 10 minutes or until dry.
3. Beat eggs in a large bowl; stir in evaporated milk, pumpkin, 1 cup granulated sugar, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and salt. Add bread; toss gently to coat. Transfer mixture into prepared baking dish; let stand for 30 minutes or until bread is thoroughly saturated (press down bread occasionally).
4. Combine brown sugar with remaining 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and remaining 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle morsels over bread mixture; top with brown sugar mixture.
5. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes (this will allow bread pudding to set).
7. Serve warm with ice cream.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé® and meals.com.