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Instant Pot Bread Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce

The best Bread Pudding you've ever made and tasted, right in your Instant Pot! Inspired by the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Breakfast Recipes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Bread Pudding, Dessert, Instant Pot
Servings: 4
Calories: 1762kcal
Author: Lisa Childs

Ingredients

  • 6-8 ounces stale/dry thick cut french bread or croissants (about 8 slices), diced into medium cubes
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ tablespoon vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs

Butter Rum Sauce

  • cup unsalted butter
  • cup sugar
  • 3 ½ tablespoons apple juice
  • 3 ½ tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • ¾ teaspoon rum extract or rum
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Cut and place the bread cubes In a large bowl, set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, combine cream, sugar, and cinnamon over medium heat until steaming but not boiling. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
  • In a liquid measuring cup, whisk eggs. Slowly temper the egg mixture by adding ⅓ of the hot cream mixture and whisking continuously. Slowly add the egg mixture back to the rest of the heavy cream mixture and whisk to combine.
  • Pour the cream mixture through a strainer over the bread pieces to remove any lumps. Fold the hot cream into the bread and allow all the pieces to get coated. Be careful not to over mix and create a slimy mush. Soak for about 5 minutes.
  • Divide the bread mixture into 4-6 small ramekins, or 2, 6 inch cake pans. Cover each pan tightly with foil.
  • Place the trivet and 1 cup water in the Instant Pot, and stack the ramekins or baking pans evenly. If using the cake pans, use a trivet, two chopsticks, or a pressure cooking sling/silicone steamer to create a gap between the two cake pans. Do not stack the two cake pans directly on top of each other without something separating them.
  • Cook for 30-35 minutes on manual high pressure (30 min for ramekins, more time for larger cooking pans), and then allow a 5-10 minute natural pressure release. Then, release the rest of the pressure and carefully remove from the Instant Pot.
  • Enjoy with berries, whipped cream, and butter rum sauce.

Butter Rum Sauce

  • Combine butter, sugars, apple juice, and heavy cream in a small pot and stir to combine. Bring to a boil for five minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from heat, and add extracts. Stir to combine.
  • Store covered in the refrigerator or in a mason jar and enjoy with Instant Pot Bread Pudding, over ice cream, french toast, pancakes, waffles, or as a dip with fruit.

Nutrition

Serving: 1grams | Calories: 1762kcal | Carbohydrates: 241g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 67g | Saturated Fat: 38g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 23g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 263mg | Sodium: 2196mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 74g