Name: Panettone Bread Pudding Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 ½ pounds (675g) of Panettone Bread; 12 eggs; 1/3 cup (65g) sugar; 2 cups (475ml) heavy cream; 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla; 2 tsp (10 ml) nutmeg; ¾ tsp (3.75ml) cloves; 1 tsp (1 tsp) ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp (1.25ml) salt; Powdered sugar for dusting; 2 cups (475ml) heavy cream; 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract; 2 tbsp (30 ml) bourbon OR; Omit the Bourbon and use 1 tsp (5 ml) Imitation Rum Extract

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This Panettone Bread Pudding Recipe is one of my favorite holiday recipes for a quick and easy dessert. The warm custardy base mixed with the crispy, toasty bread is just the most delicious way to end a festive meal. When served with a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream, spiked with bourbon, it turns this Bread Pudding Recipe into an instant holiday classic.

For a lighter take on bread pudding try my Croissant Bread Pudding recipe. Equally easy and equally delicious!

Why You’ll Love This:

The best part about bread pudding is that it appears very sophisticated and elegant (who doesn’t love a warm dessert in the wintertime?!) but it’s one of the easiest desserts to whip together.
The dried fruits in the panettone do all the work for you! All you need to do is whip up the egg base and make the whipped cream
It can also be prepped ahead of time!

What to Serve Before Bread Pudding?

If serving bread pudding for dessert, plan your holiday meal accordingly, because bread pudding is filling! A perfect main course with this dessert would be my Easy Roast Turkey recipe or my Coq au Vin recipe.
Both dishes are mostly protein and vegetables so they tend not to be overly filling. Then you can reserve the starch for the finishing act, which I must say is quite a showstopper!

Make-Ahead Tips:

Ideally, you want to prep this the day before, to allow the bread to soak up all that delicious custard overnight, but 4 hours will work too.
Then as soon as you sit down to dinner, pop it in the oven and bake.
You can also make the whipped cream ahead of time too and keep it refrigerated until ready to serve.

Serving Tips:

It takes about 40 mins to bake in the oven so if you want to keep it warm while clearing the dishes after it’s baked, just cover loosely with foil and keep warm at 200F (100C) until ready to serve.
Softly whipped cream is the perfect compliment to this dessert, just don’t whip the cream into too stiff of peaks, the dessert will present better when the cream is just softly whipped and can cascade down the side of each serving.