Friday, September 18, 2009

That's Sweet!: Doughnut Bread Pudding

The proof to me that doughnuts are actually not that bad is that they are not that good the next day - but stale doughnut owners need not despair! Behold: DOUGHNUT BREAD PUDDING!



All you need is:
4-6 stale doughnuts (any variety)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup evaporated milk (sweeter) or buttermilk (tangier)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Grease a square baking dish. Cut or tear stale doughnuts into small pieces and place in dish. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over doughnuts. Refrigerate overnight (or wait at least 15 minutes for the doughnuts to absorb the liquid.)

Preheat oven to 350. In a pan large enough to hold the square baking dish, lay out a dish rag where you plan to set the dish, then put the dish on the rag and pour water into the larger pan - enough to come up about 1/2 inch or so on outside of the dish.

Bake for 30-40 minutes or until it "tests" done with a knife.

We used about half and half chocolate cake doughnuts and glazed doughnuts.

2 comments:

Dana said...

Wow, that's really interesting. I was glad to read that there were chocolate donuts in there; I was going to ask what the dark things were. (Giant raisins?)

So did it taste good?

Mean Puppies Inc. said...

It was not stunningly amazing, but it was good. I had to use buttermilk because I didn't feel like going to publix for one thing, so it probably wasn't quite right. I think the chocolate donuts may have thrown my taste expectations off! (I was remembering some bread pudding we'd had at a restaurant earlier this year.)