Apple-pecan Bread Pudding

Total Time: 5 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• cooking spray
• 4 cups toasted bread cubes (approximately 8 slices)
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 use a 2-quart slow cooker.
• 2 spray your stoneware insert well with cooking spray.
• 3 put the toasted bread cubes into your cooker and add the diced apples.
• 4 toss the bread and apples with the melted butter.
• 5 dump in the pecans, raisins, and brown sugar, and sprinkle in the pumpkin pie spice.
• 6 stir gingerly to distribute the ingredients evenly.
• 7 in a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and half-and-half, and pour evenly over the top.
• 8 cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours.
• 9 your pudding is done when it has browned on top and pulled away from the sides.
• 10 the center should be set and not super jiggly.
• 11 serve warm with vanilla ice cream as a dessert or plain for breakfast.