Of course, repetitive consumption of the following dessert will absolutely shorten your life span, but for that reason, we’ll just file this one under “Things To Try Before You Die”.
Disclaimer: I accept no responsibility for addiction to Doughnut Bread Pudding and cannot be implicated in the ensuing coronary conditions that are sure to arise from misuse. Know your doughnut limit and eat within it.
Visiting my favourite sites last week, I found this recipe for Doughnut Bread Pudding, featured on people.com. (Photo Credit: Iain Bagwell)
When life gives you stale doughnuts, make doughnut bread pudding! Well, that’s what Stephen Collucci, pastry chef at Colicchio & Sons restaurant in N.Y.C., would do. In his new book Glazed, Filled, Sugared & Dipped, Collucci uses day-old doughnuts in place of plain bread to create an extra-decadent riff on the dessert classic. He, of course, makes his fried rings from scratch, but the recipe is built for using store-bought leftovers.
“Bread pudding is a surefire crowd-pleaser and a great way to make use of bakery items that would otherwise be destined for the trash bin,” Collucci says. “While this recipe calls for basic cake doughnuts, it’s entirely open to customization: You can use any doughnuts you wish.”
The trick to navigating through this recipe with success is to not snack on the day-old doughnuts as you assemble them for the pudding. If you can manage to curb your craving, you’ll be well on the way to having a crowd-pleaser on your hands.
(Defibrillators optional.)
INGREDIENTS
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups whole milk
¾ cup sugar
1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
4 large eggs
3 large egg yolks
10 leftover cake doughnuts
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, combine the cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, and salt and bring it to a simmer.
Meanwhile, in a separate medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and egg yolks until smooth. Once your pot has reached a full simmer, slowly pour half the cream mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Return the mixture to the saucepan and remove the pan from the heat. Let the mixture cool. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve and set it aside.
Tear the doughnuts into thimble-size pieces and arrange them tightly in a round baking dish that’s about 7 inches in diameter or in an 8 × 8-inch baking dish. Pour the custard over the doughnut pieces, filling the dish just so that the doughnuts are barely covered. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes so that the doughnuts absorb the custard.
Bake the pudding until the custard is fully set in the center, about 50 minutes. Serve immediately.
Oh my goodness!! I’m sending this to my mom for the benefit of my belly.
Benefit of my belly – love it!
Hahaha love it!! Totally using that one :)
I am not a fan of bread pudding but this might actually be worth trying!
I think everyone should try it at least once :)
I just picked my jaw off the flooor!!! Trying this for sure!
LOL please do!
Oh Em Gee. Trying this!
Save some for me! Mmm…..
Not my cup of tea but would be interesting to take to a potluck I think
I think it definitely has crowd pleasing potential!
Holy! That’s all I gotta say……….
“Holy” in a good or bad way? :)
I am literally (ok, not quite literally) drooling off my chin! lol I must make this and pretend to be making it for my grandchildren!
HA! Love it – I’ll need to use that excuse with my own kids :)
To quote “Mmmmmm… donuts…..” LOL I don’t think doughnuts ever last long enough here to get stale… day-olds rack in the bakery department – here I come :o)
What a great idea! You can make the dessert for half the price!
That sounds great!! going to get my hubby to make it (he loves to bake) :) and he love breat pudding win win!!
Awesome! Tell me what you think!
Im not a fan of bread pudding, but DONUT bread pudding? Somehow I am sold hah :D
Ha! I think doughnuts make everything better :)
I dont think there would be any day old donuts in my house lol
This seems to be a very common thing, LOL!
I’ve never tried bread pudding before. This looks so good!
Oh, it’s really yummy, Holly! It’s like a baked french toast, only more custard-y.
Oh my… donuts are my favourite junk food! I should not attempt this recipe… it’s too dangerous for me! But what a neat idea!
Hahaha – you have to know your doughnut limit, and eat within it!
Doughnuts don’t sound so healthy to me but I’m sold on the doughnut pudding and I’m already craving this dessert.
I’m craving it too!
That looks like a very tasty recipe, and a must try.
Please do!
Definitely going to try to make this for a get-together with friends! I wouldn’t trust myself to not eat the entire thing if I had it in my house.
Right?? I’m the same way – won’t make it until I have company!
Could never try this at my house, there’s never any donuts left-over.
Hahaha touche!
This sounds so sinfully good! It definitely has to be when you are taking it to a gathering or potluck so you aren’t tempted to eat it all yourself!
I agree Athena!
OMG !This sounds awwsome and looks so easy to make ! u had me ! m gonna give it a try this weekend!
MMM looks delicious, maybe I’ll try this one for my moms potluck birthday dinner next week! :) Thanks for sharing
mmmm donuts . Really aren’t going to last long in this house . I have 4 donut monsters lol
I think my taste buds just exploded! I’m pretty sure I heard the hubby groan an “oh dear gawd look at that” just now lol!!!
I love bread pudding. I think I’ll give this one a try!!
You had me at Donut. It looks tasty
Um, yeah. This sounds like perfection to me. My heart lurched and not from an attack!
mmmm that sounds yummy may just have to try that for Christmas Dinner!
Yumm .. this looks good. may have to try for a party get together :) thanks lol xx
going to try this for new years thanks Merry Christmas !
That is pretty decadent, but for a once-in-a-while treat, sounds great. I just saw one of the manager’s at Whole Foods walking out of Dunkin Donut with two huge boxes of donuts for his staff – I was kidding him about it, so while they’re selling you organic juice, the are scarfing down doughnuts in the back!!!! Everybody’s got to have a doughnut now and then – and even better – doughnut bread pudding!
That just looks delicious!!! Never tried making this before so I appreciate the tips!
This looks intriguing….I may use chocolate donuts to try this :D
omg.
this sounds very good, never thought of using doughnuts for bread pudding, thanks for sharing!!
Unfortunately or fortunately my local grocery store doesn’t sell any doughnuts that I can eat
donuts & bread pudding? wow!
haha,i have yet to see a stale doughnuts in this house but if it should ever happen i’m trying this!
I’ve never been a fan of bread pudding but maybe it’s better with doughnuts