Banana Bread Pudding
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Banana bread pudding is a deliciously gooey and decadent dish, perfect for dessert, breakfast, or brunch. Easy to make and always a hit!
This homemade banana bread pudding recipe is pure comfort food. Serve it for breakfast with poached eggs and avocado toast or for dinner after smoked chicken legs and air fryer asparagus.
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Banana Bread Pudding
Banana Bread Pudding
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Banana Bread Pudding Ingredients
- Bread – Choose a hearty bread like a French bread recipe, challah, or a brioche, cubed. Day old or stale bread works great.
- Butter – Melted. We prefer salted butter but unsalted works too.
- Eggs – Large.
- Milk – Whole milk is best, but skim or fat free will work in a pinch.
- Sugar – White, granulated.
- Vanilla – Real vanilla extract.
- Cinnamon – Ground cinnamon.
- Salt – Regular table salt.
- Bananas – Ripe bananas, sliced.
- Glaze – Powdered sugar, vanilla extract, milk.
How do you make banana bread pudding? (step-by-step)
⭐ First, add bread and bananas to a greased baking dish.
⭐ Next, in a separate bowl or dish, lightly beat eggs. Add milk, sugar, melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt.
⭐ Then, pour custard mixture over bread stir gently until everything is wet. Bake until cooked through and browned.
⭐ Finally, whisk together glaze ingredients and pour over top.
Slow cooker banana bread pudding recipe
Add ingredients to slow cooker, in the same manner as described for oven. Cover and cook on high for 2 – 3 hours or low for 4 – 5 hours.
Bananas foster bread pudding
To make a bananas foster version of your banana bread pudding, swap the white sugar for dark brown sugar and whisk a tablespoon of high quality dark rum into the milk + egg custard mixture.
Preparation
Can you make banana bread pudding ahead of time?
For sure! This is a great recipe to make the day before a brunch or at the beginning of the week to enjoy for easy breakfasts or desserts.
What is the best bread for banana bread pudding?
You’ll want to use a sturdy bread for this recipe. It’s a great way to use up stale bread too.
Some great options are brioche, French bread, and challah.
Is banana bread pudding served warm or cold?
This is totally a matter of taste, but I like mine warm and gooey, fresh from the oven. Leftovers however, I typically enjoy cold from the refrigerator. Delicious either way!
Leftovers and storage
How do you store the leftovers?
Banana bread pudding should be kept in the refrigerator. Cover tightly with a lid, plastic wrap, or foil and store leftovers in the refrigerator because it is made with a milk and egg based custard.
How to reheat banana bread pudding?
You can enjoy the leftovers cold, right out of the fridge if you like or you can microwave individual portions on high power in 1 minute increments.
If reheating a larger portion, this can be done in the toaster oven or traditional oven. Set to 350F and heat until just warmed through.
Tips, tricks, and frequently asked questions
✅ Make it bananas foster bread pudding by swapping the white sugar for dark brown sugar and whisking in some dark rum.
✅ Create a caramel version by topping with caramel sauce instead of the vanilla glaze.
✅ Go super decadent by swapping the glaze for a drizzle of warm nutella.
✅ Sprinkle white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, toffee chips, or milk chocolate chips over the top during the last few minutes of bake time.
✅ Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for dessert.
✅ Skip the glaze and top with homemade granola and a drizzle of honey.
What to eat with banana bread pudding (serving suggestions)
If serving banana pudding as a breakfast it goes great alongside oven baked bacon, hash brown waffles, homemade dutch babies, and cheese danishes.
If you’re enjoying it as a dessert, try serving it after a dinner of French onion chicken, rigatoni, or fettuccine alfredo.
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Tools we love
- Pyrex pie plates – These are great for bread pudding, pies, quiches, and even roasting chicken!
- Fruit bowl with banana holder – Love this to keep your bananas fresh as long as possible.
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How to Make Banana Bread Pudding
Banana Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 4 cups bread cubed (Use a hearty bread like French bread, brioche, or challah. Stale bread is fine.)
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- 3 eggs large
- 2 cups milk whole
- ½ cup white sugar granulated
- 2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sliced bananas plus extra for garnish, if desired
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Place cubed bread and bananas in a greased 2 quart baking dish.
- Note: we like the bananas sliced, but if you prefer you can use mashed bananas.
- In a separate dish or bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add milk, sugar, melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk to incorporate.
- Pour custard mixture over bread and stir to wet all the bread. Bake, uncovered, at 375F for about 40 minutes until custard is cooked through and top is turning golden brown.
- While pudding is baking, whisk together glaze ingredients. Allow pudding to cool for a few minutes before topping with fresh sliced bananas and glaze.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Mmm!! Love the banana flavor & chunks of banana throughout! It’s such a comforting dessert!
My favorite type of dessert is bread pudding. And this recipe did not disappoint. I will be dreaming of this one!
We can’t get enough of this bread pudding! It’s absolutely delicious! My family now asks for it every weekend. Thank you for the recipe!