Banana Bread Pudding {with Greek Yogurt}

This Banana Bread Pudding is out-of-this-world-good my buddies. It’s made with bread soaked in a wealthy and tangy custard made with recent eggs, bananas, maple syrup, vanilla Greek yogurt and crunchy walnuts. It’s a simple, fuss-free homestyle dessert to make with overripe bananas!

I initially shared this Banana Bread Pudding recipe on February tenth, 2017. I’ve up to date the textual content and images to share it with you once more in the present day.

Bread pudding holds a particular place in my coronary heart. It’s one in all my favourite desserts ever. In truth we had bread pudding as an alternative of marriage ceremony cake at my husband and my marriage ceremony!

So once I lately found that you may lighten bread pudding up fairly a bit, reduce the energy and fats by utilizing Greek yogurt within the custard, I used to be all on board with it! It’s gentle sufficient that you may get pleasure from it as a day snack or for breakfast with a cup of espresso. It’s the good candy to share at a spring brunch or as a country dessert for any event.

Substances For This Wholesome Greek Yogurt Bread Pudding Recipe

• Ripe bananas: For the perfect taste and sweetest bread pudding use overripe or very ripe bananas with some black spots on them. You’ll want one to mash into the custard, after which the opposite three shall be sliced and added into the layers of the bread pudding.
• Stale sourdough bread: This has the perfect impartial taste. You’ll wish to use a pointy serrated knife to take away the crusts after which reduce the bread into cubes.
• For The Custard: Giant eggs, Low-fat milk, half and half and low-fat vanilla Greek yogurt. Plus pure maple syrup to sweeten the bread pudding.
• Kitchen Staples: Vanilla extract, Unsalted butter
• Toppings: Walnuts, Turbinado or coarse sanding sugar, whipped cream and maple syrup

How To Make Maple Banana Bread Pudding

Step 1: Make Custard with Greek Yogurt

Mash one banana in a big bowl. Add eggs, milk, Greek yogurt, ¾ cup maple syrup, half and half and vanilla and whisk to mix.

Step 2: Soak Bread In Custard

Add bread and stir to mix. Cowl and refrigerate 4 hours to eight hours.

Step 3: Prep Casserole Dish and Preheat Oven

Warmth oven to 350ºF. Grease a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish or 10.25-inch forged iron skillet with softened butter.

Step 4: Layer Bread Pudding with Bananas

Re-stir the bread combination. Unfold half of the bread combination into the underside of the skillet. Slice two bananas and unfold over the bread layer. High with the remaining bread combination and any remaining batter from the bowl could be drizzled excessive.

Step 5: Cowl and Switch To Oven

Spritz a sq. of parchment (roughly 10 by 10 inches) with cooking spray. Lay the parchment, spray facet down over the bread pudding. Cowl tightly over the perimeters with foil and switch to the oven.

Step 6: Bake the Banana Bread Pudding

Bake till steaming sizzling, and puffed within the middle, 40 to 50 minutes. Take away parchment and foil and sprinkle with walnuts and turbinado sugar. Return to the oven and bake till the highest is browned, 20 to half-hour. Take away from the oven and let cool 10 to half-hour. Slice the remaining banana and serve on high of the nice and cozy bread pudding with, whipped cream and maple syrup if desired.

Earlier than serving drizzle on extra maple syrup in case you like. And high with whipped cream in case you’re feeling indulgent.

Oh, and don’t neglect: Be sure that to let it cool a bit earlier than serving. You don’t wish to burn your mouth like I did on my marriage ceremony day!

FAQs and Knowledgeable Suggestions For Maple Walnut Banana Bread Pudding

Substitutions and Variations To Strive

• As an alternative of Greek yogurt, use bitter cream for a richer consequence. Be sure that so as to add an extra 2 tablespoons of maple syrup too to compete for the sweetness of the vanilla yogurt.
• Use gluten-free bread as an alternative of standard bread to make this gluten-free.
• Add sliced stone fruit, comparable to peaches, with the bananas.
• Use one other sort of nut comparable to pecans or omit them altogether.

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Joyful Cooking! ~Katie

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