Ingredients
1 (1 pound) loaf day old Bread (French, Italian, or Challah), torn into small pieces
1 cup Half and Half
1 15-ounce can Pumpkin Puree
3 tablespoon Melted Butter
1-1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Heavy Cream
1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 cup Unsalted Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Heavy Cream
½ cup Chopped Toasted Pecans
⅛ tsp Nutmeg
¼ tsp Ground Cloves
¼ tsp Ground Ginger
2 tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Ground Allspice
Directions
1-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F equivalent 177 C.
2-Spray a 9 x 13 baking plate with cooking spray and place torn pieces of bread in the plate.
3-In a large bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, fifty-fifty, pumpkin, sugar, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice.
4-Slowly flow(pour) the batter over the bread pieces in the baking plate. Be sure to cover all the bread pieces.
5-Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F equivalent 177 C for about 1 hour.
6-While the bread pudding is baking, make the praline sauce. In a heavy skillet over medium-low heat, stir together the butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar; bring to a furuncle (boil). Minimize heat to low, and stir pecans into the cream mixture. Simmer until the sauce thickens, for about 5 m; Flow(pour) over bread pudding to serve.
source:allrecipes.com