This Apple Pie Bread Pudding is the ultimate comfort dessert, made with rich brioche bread soaked in a creamy custard and laced with a homemade apple pie filling. Baked to perfection, it’s soft, warming, and packed with cozy flavors. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, this dessert is a delicious twist on classic bread pudding, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Bread:
- 12 thick-cut slices of brioche bread or 12 brioche rolls, preferably dried out overnight, cut into 1″ cubes
- Optional: turbinado sugar, for topping
Apple Pie Filling:
- 1 3/4 lb apples of choice (~5 apples; I used a mixture of Gala and Granny Smith), peeled and diced
- 4 tbsp salted butter
- 2 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Custard:
- 1 cup milk of choice
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp salted butter
- 1/4 cup + 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Optional: 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
This Apple Pie Bread Pudding is the ultimate comfort dessert, made with rich brioche bread soaked in a creamy custard and laced with a homemade apple pie filling. Baked to perfection, it’s soft, warming, and packed with cozy flavors. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, this dessert is a delicious twist on classic bread pudding, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Bread:- 12 thick-cut slices of brioche bread or 12 brioche rolls, preferably dried out overnight, cut into 1″ cubes
- Optional: turbinado sugar, for topping
Apple Pie Filling:- 1 3/4 lb apples of choice (~5 apples; I used a mixture of Gala and Granny Smith), peeled and diced
- 4 tbsp salted butter
- 2 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Custard:- 1 cup milk of choice
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp salted butter
- 1/4 cup + 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Optional: 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
