Layered Almond-Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce

Name: Layered Almond-Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters almond filling; 2 Tbsps almond filling; 237 milliliters butter, melted and divided; 12 servings Amaretto Cream Sauce; 227 grams package cream cheese, softened; 1 egg yolk; 9 larges eggs, divided; 591 milliliters half-and-half; 1 Dash salt; 59 milliliters slivered almonds; 59 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided; 454 grams white bread, sliced and divided

Layered Almond-Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 556 calories, 15g of protein, and 42g of fat. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up egg yolk, cream cheese, slivered almonds, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Coat a 13- x 9-inch pan with cooking spray. Arrange 4 1/2 bread slices in bottom of prepared pan, cutting slices as necessary to fit pan.

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Bread

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Frying Pan

Beat cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Spread half of cream cheese mixture over bread.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

Bread

Whisk together 1 1/4 cups almond filling and 1/2 cup melted butter.

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Almonds

Butter

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Whisk

Spread half of almond mixture over cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers once, using 4 1/2 bread slices, remaining cream cheese mixture, and remaining almond mixture.

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Almonds

Spread

Bread

Cut remaining bread slices into 1-inch cubes, sprinkle evenly over almond mixture.

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Bread

Whisk together remaining 8 eggs, remaining 2 teaspoons vanilla, half-and-half, and salt; pour over bread cubes. Cover and chill 30 minutes or until most of egg mixture is absorbed.

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