Last month I shared with you that I had entered my Maple Butter Tart Bread Pudding into The Great Cream Challenge by Anyday Magic. The topic that month was Creamy Casseroles. Now, some may argue that dessert can not be a casserole, but that’s not true.ย A savoury bread pudding would be considered a casserole, so why not a sweet one? I took the ingredients from my family’s favourite butter tart, and made them into this fantastic gluten free bread pudding.
Butter tarts are a Canadian icon. They are one of the few desserts that have its roots firmly set in the Great White North. This Maple Butter Tart Bread Pudding is laden with raisins, pecans, maple syrup, brown sugar, and butter – the same flavours as my favourite butter tarts. Topped with a smooth Maple Caramel Sauce, this bread pudding, which can be made ahead of time, will have you humming O Canada in no time.
A huge thank you to all that voted for my Maple Butter Tart Bread Pudding – we won! How exciting! I absolutely hate voting contests, so I told myself I wouldn’t take these challenges seriously, I’d just do them for fun. But, I gotta tell you, it does feel good to win with a gluten free recipe, especially in a wheat-filled world. ๐ Without further ado, my WINNING creamy casserole recipe.
This Maple Butter Tart Bread Pudding is laden with raisins, pecans, maple syrup, brown sugar, and butter โ the same flavours as my favourite butter tarts.
Individual Maple Butter Tart Bread Puddings with Maple Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
Bread Pudding:
Maple Caramel Sauce:
Instructions
Bread Pudding:
Maple Caramel Sauce:
With so many gluten-free breads available on the market, you can easily buy your bread to make this dessert. Or, you can bake your own with one of the recipes I’ve shared previously.
Betty says
What brand of gluten free bread did you use? I’d love to find one for bread pudding and bread stuffing that works. My daughter really misses those. Thanks
Jeanine Friesen says
I used a homemade loaf, Betty. I haven’t shared that recipe here (yet), but should soon.
Cindy @Hun... What's for Dinner? says
This sounds amazing Jeanine! Wish I could have been there for the taste test!
Jeanine Friesen says
Thanks, Cindy! I wish you could have been here too!!
GwenH says
Congratulations on winning the contest Jeanine, I’m so happy for you. I haven’t made it yet, but I am definitely going to make it. I don’t have any ramekins so I’ll be making it in a casserole dish or maybe 2 smaller dishes then I can freeze one for later.
Jeanine Friesen says
Thanks, Gwen! Casserole dish should work (2 is even better, if you need smaller servings), you’ll just have to increase the baking time some.
judie says
Congratulations on your win. This recipes looks delicious(and I hate bread puddings) so I am going to try it, but I will use craisins instead of raisins and I will put a layer of dark chocolate in the ramekins first. I thik that will even tempt Mr I don’t like raisins …lol
Jeanine Friesen says
Thanks, Judie! I hope this changes your mind about bread puddings, this is really like a SUPER bread pudding! ๐
elka says
Hi,
Made in Canada, how rewording is this?! Good for you (and us).
Will I get similar result if I use sugar substitute? I know it is a stretch ๐ but it could be sugar heart attach for diabetics ๐
Jeanine Friesen says
Thanks, elka! This is definitely not a diabetic friendly recipe. I think that if you omitted the caramel sauce, you could substitute the brown sugar with a diabetic friendly sweetener. I can’t comment on what kind of substitution though, since I don’t do sugar-free baking.
Betsy M says
Wow, congratulations on winning. I LOVE bread pudding and cannot wait to try it with some dairy substitutions. I hope they work!
Jeanine Friesen says
Thanks, Betsy!