You have probably noticed (or maybe you haven’t, it is a bit egotistical of me to think you notice these things) that I haven’t mentioned my Thanksgiving. Well, it was lovely. Quite lovely in fact. What I remember of it, that is.
Yes, I know. Another tale of me possibly drinking a bit too much. This is nothing new. But it was a holiday! You really cannot blame a girl.
The food was amazing and the company was great. The turkey moist, the squash tasty, the stuffing flavorful…I even adored the homemade cranberry sauce. Of course I had to eat some of my beloved canned jelly, but the cranberries with port and shallots gave my Ocean Spray a run for it’s money.
Cindarella and I passed out at AuntLifesaver’s house at 2 am after 12 solid hours of eating and drinking. The next morning, we counted 9 bottles of wine…pretty respectable for 6 people. This holiday I was thankful for Advil and the Wendy’s drive-thru the next morning. (Helpful tip: Wendy’s breakfast sandwiches are square and disgusting.)
We were pretty well sauced by the time desert rolled around . Luckily, this pumpkin bread pudding was so moist, it held up to the extra 15 minutes it spent reheating in the oven. (We may have forgot it…) Served with amaretto whipped cream, it was a perfect combination of a spicy pumpkin pie and the ooey-gooeiness of custardy bread pudding. I probably read about 15 pumpkin bread pudding recipes and this was what I came up with…I was more than satisfied with the end result. It was over the top good and a nice little twist on the traditional pumpkin pie. If you are feeling crazy over the top (and really, you should ALWAYS feel that way), you could even serve this at a brunch.
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
10 cups (about 10 ozs) challah bread, cubed
1/2 stick melted butter
1 1/2 cup 1% milk
1/2 cup half and half
1 can pumpkin puree
2 large eggs
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss cubed bread in meted butter. Whisk milk, half and half, pumpkin, dark brown sugar, eggs, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla extract in large bowl to blend. Add bread to an 11×7-inch glass baking dish or a round casserole dish and pour pumpkin mixture over bread. Let stand AT LEAST 20 minutes. Bake pumpkin bread pudding until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
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So Wendy’s doesn’t cut corners on their brekkies, either. Hmm, maybe they should?
It was so awful. I was not impressed. It is a breakfast sandwich, not rocket science.
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Ooooh. I am all about the bread puddings. I have a brunch on Christmas Day…this may be just the thing to bring…well, along with the champagne, of course.
Never forget the champagne.
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Sounds lovely – sorry I missed it.
We will forgive you.
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Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast sandwiches are the way to go. They’ve stopped my morning-after shakes on several occasions.
Those are pretty damn good…on a sesame bagel.
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Mmmmmm…pumpkin!
I’m already planning on begging you to make this for me next Thanksgiving.
As you know, I can be bribed.
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ditto on Dunkin’. though i also think we, as a society, don’t put amaretto whipped cream on enough (not that we should start putting it on breakfast sandwiches.. unless it works)
I don’t think it would work on a breakfast sandwich, but I agree–more amaretto whipped cream, please.
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oooooh I bet that would be good with some semisweet chocolate chips thrown in too!
Agreed–or caramel sauce!
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im gonna have to check that recipe out one day soon!
Hi there, julie…welcome. Let me know if you try this.
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AMARETTO WHIPPED CREAM?!?!?!
Why on earth have I never heard of such amazingness?
Your blog is going to give me a food coma!
I am here to teach you, my friend.
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Best thing about Wendy’s?
Frosty.
Agreed, though sometimes I feel like I am going to burst a blood vessel trying to suck them through the straw.
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9 bottles, for 6 people? not a bad effort at all. I don’t drink during thanksgiving. I want my wits about me so I can fully enjoy every single bite. (though, since I can’t really hold my alcohol, I guess if I drank I would have the opportunity to enjoy each bite twice! hmmmm)
Gross. Although I expect that from you…don’t change.
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wendy’s is the end all be all of hangover cures.
hope your cold is getting better!
It is! Not feeling great, yet, but better. Thanks.
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First off, Wendy best hangover cure is a cheeseburger and a frosty. I understand though, if they were only serving breakfast. My vote for the bread pudding is an Amaretto Cream Anglaise….yum!
Little known fact-Amaretto is made from apricot pits. There are no nuts involved other than the drinkers.
I would have gotten the cheeseburger, but alas, not an option. I have heard that about amaretto, but I had forgotten…thanks for the reminder.
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That reminds me, when I start having Fridays off I want to meet up one morning and go get a breakfast sandwich from that place you told me about… the one you always used to go to in college. I almost peaked when you described it in great detail…
I feel QUITE passionately about this breakfast sandwich…hands down the best I have ever had. And as an added bonus, the place is a gambling front!
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I like Pumpkin Bread. I like Pudding. Hmmmm….
A beautiful marriage, no?
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Our Thanksgiving was almost enough to drive me to drink, as the %$#@& turkey just wouldn’t cook! No joke, it took something like 90 minutes more than we had expected.
Peter
That’s bizarre…maybe you need to get your oven recalibrated?
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No, no. Best thing about Wendy’s is getting a phone number while walking through the drive up. Frosty is second.
Are you feeling better yet? Hope so!
I am! Still not great, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
And a number? You pimp.
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Side note: I once read that canned pumpkin is really butternut squash, which is used because real pumpkin would puree is stringy.
In either case, I love it so, in all of its incarnations.
…And you say you can be bribed, but what with?
I never heard the butternut thing–interesting.
Compliments are the key to my heart.
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I made pumpkin bread last weekend and it was a huge success. I think this recipe is next! And I’m definitely throwing in chocolate chips.
Only because I have half a bag left and if I don’t use them soon, I will be eating them out of the bag and undoing any good that I do in yoga.
Yes, you are saving yourself! Smart lady.
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Yummy! I dislike challah but I love bread pudding. I love them with bourbon sauce in particular. Do you think this could be made with regular bread? Or does it not matter because the end taste and texture is not challah-y?
Sure, an italian bread or french loaf would work. Just as long as the bread has yeast so it can puff.
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Dunkin Donuts breakfast swandwich?
Check.
Amaretto whipped cream?
Check.
One 5 oz bottle of Astroglide?
Check.
Ductape?
Check.
Wait, what the hell were we talking about?
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what?! i didn’t even know wendy’s served breakfast! at least i know not to go now. thanks for the tip
your blog makes me so effing hungry sometimes! tease!
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You had me at challah!
Where in DC is good for fresh challah anyway?
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Always go with McDonalds for breakfast. Their breakfast bagels? TO DIE FOR.
Really? I think of McD’s as kind of the McMuffin, not bagels…interesting.
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God, I love pumpkin bread. The last time I got drunk at Thanksgiving my mom threw a fit because I couldn’t clean up afterwards and while everyone else was doing dishes I giggled in front of the fire.
I think you had a genius plan to get out of cleaning up.
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I just pumpkined in my pants.
Do you need a napkin?
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If we lived in a land not forsaken by God, the best breakfast sandwich/hangover cures would be from Bojangles. Hands down, end of discussion.
Seeing as I regrettably live nowhere near a Bojangles, my personal preference is Chick-Fil-A. They fail it on Sundays, though. Wendy’s? Bleah.
I have never even heard of a Bojangles…another fast food place to add to the list. It will be after Sonic, of course.
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