How to make Pretzel Bread Pudding at home

Do you love pretzel bread pudding? If you love it so much that you want to try making it for yourself at home, we have the recipe!

Sommerfest

You can find pretzel bread pudding at Disney in Sommerfest at EPCOT. Pretzel bread pudding is a warm, savory Disney snack that is quite popular. You can read Katie P.’s review of the snack in this post HERE. The snack is made of pretzel bread and topped with creamy icing and caramel sauce.

With the fall season finally here, it is a great snack to enjoy with the cooler temperatures.

Pretzel Bread Pudding

Here is everything you need to make this snack right from home. This recipe serves 15-18.

Ingredients

VANILLA SAUCE

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup milk, divided
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

PRETZEL BREAD PUDDING

• 1 pound pretzel bread
• 1 cup milk
• 1 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 3/4 teaspoon vanilla paste
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

TOPPING

• Caramel sauce

FOR VANILLA SAUCE:

1. Beat egg and sugar in small bowl. Set aside.
2. Bring cream and 3/4 cup of milk to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add 1/3 of the simmering cream mixture to the eggs, whisking constantly to temper eggs. Carefully pour back into saucepan.
3. Whisk cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup of milk together in a small bowl. Add to saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
4. Place a mesh strainer over a bowl. Pour sauce through strainer and cool to room temperature.
5. Cover and refrigerate up to 7 days.

FOR PRETZEL BREAD PUDDING:

1. Tear or chop pretzel bread into large pieces. Place in a food processor and pulse until coarse crumbs form.
2. Whisk milk, heavy cream, sugar, eggs, vanilla paste, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add pretzel bread pieces. Cover and refrigerate 4-12 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray 15 1/2 cup ramekins or muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray. Add 1/3 cup pretzel bread pudding mix into each ramekin or muffin tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until centers of pretzel bread puddings are firm.
4. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from molds.

TO SERVE:

Remove vanilla sauce from refrigerator. Heat in small saucepan over medium-low heat until warm. Place warm pretzel bread puddings on small plates. Top each with 2-3 tablespoons vanilla sauce. Drizzle caramel on top.

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Do you like pretzel bread pudding? Have you ever tried it before? Will you try and make this at home? If you do, let us know how it turns out and tell us about it in the comments below or on our Facebook page.