Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 12 slices of bread
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 1 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • .5 cups milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • Topping
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ cup flour
  • ¼ cup butter (cut into small cubes)
  • Whole pecans (optional)
  • Garnish with syrup and confectioner’s (icing sugar)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Cut bread into bite-sized cubes and place into a greased 9X13 baking dish.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk pumpkin, cream cheese, milk, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla, mixing thoroughly.
  • Pour ½ of the mix evenly over bread cubes, toss with a spoon to coat; pour the remaining pumpkin mix over the top.
  • Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over the top.
  • In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients by hand into a crumbly texture. Sprinkle over the top of the bread cubes. Place whole pecans over the top and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until baked through.
  • Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.