Super simple Slow Cooker Apple Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Drizzle is the perfect go-to dessert for fall. This recipe is so easy to make, tastes incredible, and fills your kitchen with the most amazing scents of cinnamon and spice!
Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
Are you ready for fall? It’s just my favorite time of the year. Fall is the best time for baking with apples, pumpkin, cinnamon and spices…all perfect ingredients for a yummy treat.
Now that apple season is in full swing, I wanted to share one of my favorite easy-to-make desserts – Slow Cooker Apple Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Drizzle. This recipe is so easy to make and works for a dessert or even breakfast!
This mouth-watering recipe starts with tender, sweet brioche bread. I found these delicious Brioche Buns and they make the perfect base for this delicious dessert.
Once you have your brioche buns cubed, it’s time to caramelize the apples. Put the diced apples in a skillet with some butter and cook over medium heat for about 3-5 minutes, just until the apples start to soften.
Then add some chopped pecans (optional) and brown sugar and continue to cook for another minute or two. This creates an amazing glaze all over the apples.
The creamy custard is a perfect blend of eggs, milk and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger that come together to create a bread pudding that is just bursting with fall flavor.
You can bake this Apple Brioche Bread Pudding in a slow cooker or even an electric pressure cooker using the slow cooker setting. Quick Tip: If you are using your pressure cooker for this recipe, set the temp setting to NORMAL instead of low. This seems to be the best equivalent to the low setting on a slow cooker.
Whichever cooker you use, just remember to line the insert with parchment paper to help prevent any sticking.
This bread pudding is done in no time. Just mix all the ingredients together, pour them into the lined cooker, and bake for 3-4 hours on LOW (or NORMAL) setting. Baked to perfection! To top things off, drizzle your bread pudding with salted caramel and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Slow Cooker Apple Bread Pudding makes a great dessert (or breakfast) for family gatherings or your holiday get-togethers. How delicious is this!?!
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Apple Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 packages brioche buns 8 buns total
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 4 small apples peeled, cored and chopped bite-sized pieces
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- ½ cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 2 cups milk Whole or 2%
- 4 large eggs
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves (seasonal)
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 jar salted caramel sauce
- powdered sugar (optional)
- vanilla ice cream for serving
Instructions
- Cut brioche buns into 1” cubes. Place in large bowl and set aside.2 packages brioche buns
- Place butter in skillet over medium heat. Once melted, add chopped apples and cook for 3-5 minutes until apples are tender, stir occasionally. Add brown sugar and pecans (if using) and continue to stir over medium heat for another 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, 4 small apples, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ cup chopped pecans
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.2 cups milk, 4 large eggs, ⅓ cup granulated sugar, 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon, ½ tsp. ground nutmeg, ½ tsp. salt
- Pour caramelized apples over brioche bun cubes and toss until apples are well incorporated.
- Spoon brioche and apple mixture into parchment paper lined slow cooker insert (or electric pressure cooker insert).
- Pour egg custard all over the bread and apple mixture. If the bread and apple mixture isn’t completely submerged in egg custard, lightly compact the bread apple mixture until completely covered by liquid.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours. Cover and cook on NORMAL if using the slow cooker setting on an electric pressure cooker.
- Uncover and let sit for 5-10 minutes before removing from cooker.
- Remove from cooker and drizzle salted caramel over top.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or powdered sugar.
Step 3 mentions ginger, but i do not see that in the ingredients list. What kind of ginger? Powdered? And how much?
Is it possible to make this in a 9 x 13? And if so what would I put it on and for how long… Would love to be able to bake this but would only be able to do it in a 9 x 13… Thank you thank you
I haven’t tried it, but I would probably bake it at 350 degrees for 30-40. Let me know how it works out for you!
I want to do this with different bread. How many cups of bread cubes do the buns produce?
Can this be converted to the instapot?