

Step 2: while the bananas foster base is cooling, you will add the milk(s) to the bread cubes. Let this cool a bit while you prepare the rest of the recipe. Step 1: you'll make a deeply-flavored bananas foster base with the butter, bananas, brown and granulated sugars, and then the vanilla and rum. Cinnamon- just a pinch to add depth of flavor.
BANANA BREAD WITH VANILLA PUDDING FREE
Feel free to use real rum if you have it and would like to use it! Vanilla and rum extract- for a depth of flavor.Brown and white sugar - these are added to the bananas foster base.Butter - you can use regular salted butter or vegan butter sticks (like Earth Balance) to make the bananas foster base for this bread pudding.Bananas - three ripe (brown speckled but not mushy) bananas will create the bananas foster base that gets folded into the soaked bread cubes.Eggs - three eggs will help the bread pudding set and create a custard that the bread cubes bake into.If you need a dairy-free substitute, try lite coconut milk for the bread soak and coconut cream for the sauce. You'll need ½ cup of heavy whipping cream for the bread pudding sauce. You could also use whole milk instead of that combination. Dairy- milk, half and half, heavy cream - I use 1% milk and half & half for soaking the bread because it's typically what I have on hand.Alternatively, you can put the bread cubes in the oven at 200 degrees F for 20-30 minutes to dry them out a bit. You do not need stale bread necessarily to make this bread pudding - if you buy fresh bread, just cut it into pieces and leave it out uncovered overnight to dry out some. Brioche bread - I love to buy the French-style sliced brioche from Walmart or Aldi for this recipe.Let's make some bread pudding! Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Ingredients Top it all off with buttery vanilla sauce laced with rum and you've got it made! I love infusing the flavor of banans foster into pretty much any sweet - I use the technique of caramelizing the bananas before adding to banana bread, pancakes, waffles, and more. This recipe is reserved for the holidays usually, but I wanted to make a new version of it for company we had recently! It's made with pillow-soft brioche bread that is soaked in milk and folded together with caramelized bananas foster and baked to perfection. This Bananas Foster Bread Pudding is a variation of one of my all-time favorite recipes - Very Best Bread Pudding with Butter Vanilla Sauce. It was shared with and enjoyed by a group of 10 adults - and that definitely helped me justify making it! I have to make the disclaimer though that I did NOT eat all of this by myself. Because let's be real, desserts are my favorite thing to make and eat, and sometimes I'm going to go all out and make a real showstopper. Ok friends, bear with me because today we're going to take a little departure from the healthier recipes and have a little fun with dessert.
