Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a staple in the American lunchbox, but with this recipe you can enjoy the same flavors in a rich, satisfying bread pudding. If you’re feeling extra adventurous, just go ahead and eat this dessert as your lunch.
When I was first creating this recipe, I thought about doing a peanut butter and jelly cake, but it kept getting too complicated. This bread pudding is so simple and easy that it makes the cake idea look silly.
As a personal side note, I could eat the peanut butter sauce straight, so make sure to make a little extra to satisfy that sweet tooth.
Peanut Butter Sauce
- Prep Time:5 minutes
- Cook Time:5 minutes
- Total Time:10 minutes
- Servings:8 servings
- Easy
- 1/3 cup milk mixture from above
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon heavy cream
Ingredients
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Step 1
Save about 1/3 cup of the milk mixture from the bread pudding recipe.
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Step 2
Add sugar, peanut butter and heavy cream. Whisk until thick and boiling, then cool.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bread Pudding
- Prep Time:10 minutes
- Cook Time:30 minutes
- Total Time:40 minutes
- Servings:8 servings
- Easy
- 2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1/3 cup strawberry jelly
- 1/2 cup strawberries, diced
- 8 brioche buns
Ingredients
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Step 1
Heat milk, sugar, peanut butter, salt and butter in a small saucepan. Whisk until peanut butter and butter are melted.
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Step 2
In a separate bowl, mix diced strawberries and jelly.
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Step 3
Cut brioche buns in 2-inch cubes. Fill half of the pan with the cubes. #spoontip: Brioche is pretty hard to find, so if you can’t find it, just use thick stale bread instead.
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Step 4
Drizzle strawberry mixture on top of the bread cubes.
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Step 5
Add another layer of bread cubes and the strawberry mixture.
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Step 6
Pour most of the peanut butter milk mixture on top of the bread and strawberries. Save some of the milk mixture for the peanut butter sauce below.
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Step 7
Bake for 30 minutes. Drizzle the peanut butter sauce on top and add a cut strawberry for garnish.