Sticky notes…
Having already made this weeks Tuesday’s with Dorie pick(about a year and a half ago) I was originally going to pass. Give myself a break. However, this was one of my favorite recipes out of the book and so I wanted to make it again. I just didn’t want to make the same way. That seems to be happening a lot to me lately.
Since I am a bread pudding loving fool, I figured why not take the 3 sticks of butter brioche and make it even worse for you by adding eggs and heavy cream? Yes, lets.
So that is what I did. I made Sticky Bun Bread Pudding. And it was good. And what is even better is the sauce is already there…right on the bottom. To make the bread pudding you have instead of making buns, make the two loaves of bread. Just put the filling in the bread before you roll it up. The rest is just like making regular bread pudding, well, except for the fact that you have the sticky pecan glaze at the bottom.
If you haven’t made the regular sticky buns yet, then definitely do that first. But if you have made it already and want a slight twist with still the same flavors and even more calories(I’m so skilled at that), then this here bread pudding is for you!
Thanks to Madam Chow of Madam Chow’s Kitchen for picking on of my favorites from the book.
Sticky Bun Bread Pudding
1-1 ½ loaves Golden Cinnamon Brioche Bread(recipe follows)
Sticky Bun Glaze(recipe follows)
Bread Pudding Custard(recipe follows)
Golden Cinnamon Brioche Bread
make dough one day ahead then shape and bake the next
2 packets active dry yeast (4 teaspoons)
1/3 cup just-warm-to-the-touch water
1/3 cup just-warm-to-the-touch while milk (I used skim)
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature but still slightly firm
For the Filling
½ cup sugar
6 TBSP packed light brown sugar
2 TBSP ground cinnamon
6 TBSP unsalted butter, at room temperature
Put the yeast, water, and milk in the bowl of a stand mixer and, using a wooden spoon, stir until the yeast is dissolved. Add the flour and salt, and fit the mixer with the dough hook, if you have one. Toss a kitchen towel over the mixer, covering the bowl as completely as you can to keep you from being covered in flour! Turn the mixer on and off in a few short pulses, just to dampen the flour (you can peek), then remove the towel, increase mixer speed to medium-low and mix for a minute or two. At this point you will have a dry, shaggy mess (it¢â¬â„¢s true).
Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula, set the mixer to low and add the eggs, followed by the sugar. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat for about 3 minutes, until the dough forms a ball. Reduce speed to low and add the butter in 2 Tablespoon size chunks, beating until each piece is almost incorporated before adding the next. You¢â¬â„¢ll have a dough that is very soft, almost like a batter. Increase the speed to medium-high and continue to beat until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl, about 10 minutes (This made my heavy kitchen aid mixer “dance” across the counter, so you may want to listen and be available to steady the mixer).
Transfer the dough to a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature until nearly doubled in size, 40-60 minutes. Deflate the dough by lifting it up around the edges and letting it fall with a slap into the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. Slap the dough down in the bowl every 30 minutes until it stops rising, about 2 hours, then leave the covered dough in the refrigerator overnight.
If making Brioche loaves: Butter and flour 2 8.5 X 4.5 inch loaf pans. Pull dough from the fridge and divide into two equal pieces. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll out dough as thin as you can while still keeping it in one piece. Spread half of the filling evenly on top the dough. Roll up tightly and place into prepared pan with ends tucked under. Repeat with second loaf.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake until loaves are well risen and deeply golden, about 30-35 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the pans and turn the loaves out onto cooling racks. Cool at least one hour.
Source: Baking From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan
Sticky Bun Glaze:
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup honey
1 1/2 cup pecans
To Make the Glaze: In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring the brown sugar, butter and honey to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring frequently to dissolve the sugar. Pour the glaze into the buttered pan(9 -x-13), evening it out as best you can by tilting the pan or spreading the glaze with a heatproof spatula. Sprinkle over the pecans.
Custard:
3 extra large eggs
2 extra large egg yolks
2 cups heavy cream
1/3 cup granulated sugar
Whisk all the above ingredients together.
To make the bread pudding slice pieces of the cinnamon bread, removing the crust. Start stacking bread on top of Sticky Bun Glaze. Stop when you reach the top of the pan. It took me about 1 and ¼ loaves of bread. Pour half the custard mixture over the bread and press down to help the bread soak up the liquid. Keep adding liquid until the bread has soaked it in. You may have some custard left.
Place pan into another pan that will hold a water bath. Bake the bread pudding(in a 350F oven) for1 hour or until golden on top. Cool 10 minutes and serve warm. Spoon sauce from bottom of pan over the bread pudding.
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May 27th, 2008 at 12:28 am
like spoonable sticky buns–crap that looks good.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Oh, marvelous! I love anything sticky and nutty!
Cheers,
Rosa
May 27th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Cardiac city – love it!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:17 am
That’s just EVIL! (in a good way, of course…)
May 27th, 2008 at 3:34 am
This is my husband’s favorite and I am so going to make these for him. Well done and of course once again the photos have that drool quality about them.
A sticky bun never looked so good!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Peabody, sooo glad that you made these again, and contributed to the culinary blogosphere by increasing the calorie count!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:49 am
That looks appetizing!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Oh my… sticky bun bread pudding… I think my heart leapt with joy right before I keeled over with a heart attack.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Looks delicious as a bread pudding! Great thinking!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:15 am
I think I have put on a couple of inches by just looking at this! Wonderful.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:16 am
That looks so decadent – I wish I had some right now to go with coffee. Then again, I really should get dressed and go to the office so it’s a good thing there aren’t any of those luscious nibbles right here, right now!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Simply delectable. What I would give to have it with my coffee right now.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I recently tried bread pudding for the first time and loved it! I have to admit this version looks like it would taste amazing! Great take on the recipe
May 27th, 2008 at 5:51 am
now you’ve done it! this has got to be the most sinfulest (I know that word does not exist) thing i have ever seen. you are a bad girl for making me palpitate like this!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Oh my heart be still – and it just might stop with all the butter in this one;))
That looks amazing Peabody. Love how many swirls you can get in one bun!!
I have coffee, you bring this we could have a nice cupa . . .
May 27th, 2008 at 6:08 am
That is bread pudding/sticky bun/caramel heaven right there Peabody!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:14 am
You are an evil genius! Any breakfast treat is better when made into bread pudding (cake doughnuts, croissants) and this looks absolutely amazing.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Sticky Bun Bread Pudding??!?!?! Peabody, that HAS to be the most luscious-looking batch of bread-pudding I’ve ever seen – YUM!! Thank goodness that Madam Chow chose the sticky buns recipe for this week’s TWD, so that you could tempt us all with YOUR creation :0)
May 27th, 2008 at 6:33 am
I never thought of sticky bun pudding! Oh it sounds wonderful and looks delish!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:43 am
WOW! You got that bread THIN. I’m impressed…that shows some upper body strength!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:56 am
*drool* This looks soooo goooood!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Wow! GREAT idea!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:16 am
OMG. That looks absolutely amazing!!!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:22 am
This looks scrumptious!
Love how thin the layers are.
How’d you do that?
May 27th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Yum! I love me some bread pudding!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Your TWD posts are always so fun Peabody, I love the creativity you put into tweaking the recipes.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Mmmm, heavy cream. I’ve always wanted a third buttock.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I think ‘wicked’ is the only word for it. Wicked and good.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Wow, looks SO delicious. I love checking out your creative twists on the recipes. Great job as usual!
May 27th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Yum, yum, yum – “why not add eggs and heavy cream. Yes, lets!” Ab-so-freakin’-lutely, lets!
May 27th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Looks delish! That was a great twist on the recipe.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Wow! I mean WOW! That is possibly the best looking sticky bun style topping I’ve ever seen. And the other pictures are terrific too. I can usually take or leave bread pudding, but yours looks like it would make me a stone cold fan of it.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am
oh your trying to kill me. What a sweet temptation! Yummmmm!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Funny I just got a request for bread pudding last night!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am
ooh, great idea! it looks so delicious
May 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Fabulous as always. I love the twist you put on this – so creative!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Wow, just wow. Looks so sinful and delicious!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I think I’ve died and gone to sticky bun heaven! Wowsa!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I think my cholesterol level would rise to unsafe levels if I made the pudding… but what the heck! looks too good to worry about health, right?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Oh my. This is most definitely food porn. I didn’t think that sticky buns could get any better, but I see now, that I was WRONG. Lovely!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Oh. my. goodness. That’s just plain sinful. I want some.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Oh wow, and I thought sticky buns were decadent enough. I can feel the sugar high already!
May 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
And I didn’t think it got much more decadent than plain sticky buns… Wow! Sounds ridiculously good!
May 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I may get flogged for saying this but I don’t think I’ve ever had bread pudding! Might have to give it a whirl. I can always count on you for a beautiful twist every Tuesday. Great job!
Clara @ I♥food4thought
May 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
wow…this would have been tasty in my tipsy stuper last night!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Gracie! You know you have my undying love, yes? THEN QUIT TRYIN’ TO KILL ME. heheheee I swear, my jaw dropped on the desk and about shattered.
I can’t even describe how damn good that looks!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
May 27th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Genius, pure butter laden, sticky, ooey gooey, creamy genius.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
First of all, that is an amazing bread pudding photo. Second of all, that looks so fantastic! I want some now!!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Wow, those photos are amazing. I’m not a fan of bread pudding but I sure want to try some from those photos!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Your buns look like purty flowers… bet you never heard that line, eh? Lovely!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Oh my goodness. I thought these sticky buns were fabulous as-is. But what you’ve gone and done – that looks SO amazing and decadent! I’ll have to try that with the other half of my brioche dough.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Brioche bread pudding??? Oh my… what could possibly be better than that?!
May 27th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
That looks so good!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I need a cigarette after reading this recipe!!! At this point adding more cream won’t make a damn difference, so bravo!!!!
May 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I am debating whether to have this for breakfast, lunch or dinner
May 27th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Maximum heaven bread pudding…and you know I love bread pudding in any form. This is exactly the right dish for extra calories!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Mmm… I can’t see any of the pictures for some odd reason, but knowing you I just know they have to be good. In for a penny in for a pound is what I say. Why not a sticky bun bread pudding!
May 28th, 2008 at 12:38 am
WOW! this sounds so heavenly and OMG so yummy! I can just imagine how much calories I would be consuming in one serving alone
May 28th, 2008 at 5:55 am
As usual you are an inspiation. Your photos are great! Looks divine.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:00 am
I need to try bread pudding soon.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:34 am
OMG, you know how to make a sinful dessert, even more sinful!!! Your brioche looks so flaky, what’s your secret!?!
May 28th, 2008 at 8:19 am
That’s so creative! I love bread pudding, and sticky bun bread pudding sounds perfect!
Shari@Whisk: a food blog
May 28th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I just made my bread pudding last night! I can’t wait to dig in.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:57 am
This… This is genius!!
May 28th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
You worked magic with this recipe! Real Magic! My mouth is watering out of control! Thanks for such a delicious entry!
May 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Oooh that is a sinfully decadent, good idea!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
those are absolutely beautiful!!! wow…
May 28th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I want that bread alone, add the topping and oh my… heaven! Looks fantastic!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:30 am
The way I see it…if it’s going to be that bad for you to start, what’s the harm in making it a little worse? Great idea, and as always everything looks great!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
oh wow, you took something amazing and made it even better!!! more calories is always better, right?
May 30th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Oh man, I want to climb through the monitor and give those a try!
May 31st, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Two of my favorites, in one dish… man, I’m all over this!
It looks fantastic!
June 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I don’t know how I missed this but of course it’s GENIUS. I love your out-of-the-box ideas.
Can you tell me what you use for a cylinder to bake…I see you used it again for your opera cake and I love it…pls pls tell me where you got it.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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