Martha Eats: Spiced Banana Bread Pudding

A couple weeks ago we bought a loaf of bread from the store and somehow it was not closed properly and half of the loaf of dried out. We aren't sure if we bought it that way or one of use accidentally left it open. Either way, we had a loaf of bread that would not get eaten. The only idea I had to save it was to turn it into bread pudding. I searched through Pinterest like any good housewife and found one that looked pretty good. I had most of the ingredients and I changed out a few to fit with what I had. It was a great base that I added to and it came out AMAZING!

Spiced Banana Bread Pudding

Recipe adapted from temeculablogs.com

INGREDIENTS

1 Loaf of Sandwich Bread ( I used Sara Lee's Honey Wheat Bread)

3 cups Silk Original Soy Milk

3 eggs

3/4 cups Sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice

2 Ripe Bananas, sliced

A handful of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (I won't judge your handful)

Baking spray

DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat your oven to 350º. (Always do this first!)

2. Break apart the bread slices into a large mixing bowl. You can dice them up if you prefer more even pieces.

3. In a separate mixing bowl or large measuring cup add the soy milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice. Whisk together until well combined. You could even do it in a blender to make it faster!

4. Poor milk mixture over the bread and mix gently. Let your bread soak in this mixture for about 10 minutes, or until the milk is completely absorbed.

5. Once absorbed, gently fold in your sliced bananas and chocolate chips.

6. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with baking spray or use butter/oil to grease it up.

7. Poor bread mixture into the baking dish and evenly spread out. You can sprinkle some more chocolate chips if you want.

8. Place in oven and baking for about 40 minutes, or until it is set and browned to your liking on top.

9. Remove from the oven and place the baking dish on a cooling rack to rest for at least 10-15 minutes.

10. Serve warm and enjoy!