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Pumpkin Spice Croissant Bread Pudding

You're going to love the taste of this Pumpkin Spice Croissant Bread Pudding!

Ingredients
  

  • 12 - 15 day old Croissants
  • ½ cup of brown sugar
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • ½ teaspoon of salt
  • 1 Tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
  • 4 Tablespoons of butter - cut into small cubes
  • 4 eggs - beaten
  • 1 can of canned pumpkin
  • 1 ½ cups of half n half
  • 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Butter the bottom and sides of a 9 X 13 dish, and set aside. 
  • In a large bowl, tear the croissants in bite size pieces.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, sugar, salt cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and baking powder, and stir well. 
  • In another bowl, break the eggs, and beat them with a whisk until they're a light lemon yellow. Add the pumpkin, half n half and Vanilla, and stir well to blend. 
  • Add the Sugar/spice mixture to the egg/pumpkin mixture and stir well. 
  • Place the croissants in the buttered 9 X 13 dish, and pour the pumpkin mixture over the croissant pieces.
  • Dot the top of the dish with the butter cubes, and place the dish in a 400 degree oven for 40 - 45 minutes, or until the bread pudding is golden brown, and springs back when touched. 
  • When the dish is completely baked through, remove from the oven, and allow to cool and set for at least 30 minutes. 
  • When cooled a bit, cut into pieces, and serve.  Enjoy!

Notes

NOTE:  Check the bread pudding at about 30 minutes, and if it's getting too brown on top, cover loosely with foil.  Make sure the pudding is completely done - you can use a toothpick and if it comes out clean, it's done.   Remove the foil about five minutes before taking the pudding out of the oven, just to make sure the top is crispy and not soggy. 
You can top the pudding with a lot of different ingredients, such as:  Maple syrup, coconut - pecans - brown sugar and butter - simply placed in a skillet on the stove until the butter and sugar melts, coating the coconut and pecans.  Whipped cream, cooked apples with brown sugar and vanilla, honey, caramel sauce, butterscotch sauce, ice cream, or, leave it just as it is.
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