Pumpkin-maple Bread Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray
• 1 loaf cinnamon-raisin bread, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup cream
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup grade a maple syrup
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) jar brandied hard sauce
• 1 teaspoon maple extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly spray a 3-quart casserole dish with non-stick spray.
• 3 toss together cubed raisin bread and pecans in casserole dish.
• 4 in a large bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients, except hard sauce and maple extract. pour over bread cubes. let soak for 1 hour, occasionally pressing bread down into custard.
• 5 bake bread in heated oven for 60 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• 6 remove hard sauce lid and place jar in microwave-safe bowl. fill bowl with water halfway up the side of the jar. heat on high in microwave for 30-40 seconds. remove and stir in maple extract. drizzle over bread pudding.