Sweet Potato Casserole Bread Pudding Recipe: An easy side dish recipe for the holidays or any time of the year. Sweet potato casserole and bread pudding in one!
Say what!?
During a conversation with my friend the other day about Thanksgiving side dishes, she mentioned that Sweet Potato Casserole is her favorite. When I replied that I had never had that before, she kind of looked at me like I had 3 heads.
So I kid you not, she told me that we HAD to make it so I could try it. But as I told you yesterday in my Pumpkin White Chocolate Smores post, I can’t leave anything alone, without trying to take it up a notch.
I had recently watched an episode of the Pioneer Woman, and she was creating “mash-up,” recipes which combine two different types of recipes into one. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks…
Sweet Potato Casserole Bread Pudding
To create this gloriousness, we just used my recipe for bread pudding, and added a touch or two, to create the Sweet Potato Casserole Bread Pudding.
I’ll walk you through the process with photos, but you can find the full recipe below!
Break your bread into small pieces and cover with melted butter, and place in a baking dish.
Combine all remaining ingredients except the marshmallows, and pour over the broken bread pieces.
When the bread pudding has 5 minutes left of baking time, sprinkle the marshmallows over the top, and return to the oven to finish baking.
It’s a little slice of heaven… isn’t it?
Imagine bringing this to your Thanksgiving table this year as a side dish? Or, keep it alive all year long as a dessert! It’s the best of both worlds!
Sweet Potato Casserole Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 6 slices stale bread
- 3 Tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon + 2 Tbsp
- 1 can sweet potato pie filling
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup white sugar or omit if lightly sweetened version is preferred.
- 1 cup milk
- 4 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and use 1 Tablespoon of butter to coat the inside of your 8 in. square baking dish.
- Break your bread into the buttered baking dish.
- Melt your remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, and drizzle over bread pieces.
- In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients (except marshmallows, and don’t forget to beat your eggs first) until mixed well.
- Pour this mixture over the bread, making sure to evenly coat each piece.
- Bake for 40 minutes, remove the dish from oven and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over dish.
- Place back in the oven for 5 more minutes or until marshmallows are melted.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
I so hope you enjoy it, and loved our little version of a “mash-up.”
SJP says
Jessica,
I I want to make this recipe. It sounds really great. Can you tell me the brand name and/or store where you bought the can of sweet potato pie filling ??
Thank you so much,
SJP…
Jessica says
Hi there! Of course. I usually buy the canned sweet potato pie filling from the Farmer’s Market brand! I hope that’s helpful!
Juanita F says
Sweet potatoe is my favorite for life I use to eat them off the vines on the farm I had fried sweet potatoes Saturday with fried chicken can I use fresh sweet potatoes baked or boiled n and I must beat all the strings out of them and use it in my sweet potatoe bread pudding I am BOSS in cooking n baking 😋
Juanita F says
I will let u know how it turned out I do luv ur recipe and I’m baking this this week I can’t wait 💓 💗
Juanita F says
Can u use fresh sweet potatoes in this recipe this is a new recipe for me I luv to cook n bake they call me BOSS lady in the kitchen please let me know
Jessica says
Hi Juanita! You know, I don’t see why not! I can’t seem to find the sweet potato pie filling in the cans anymore anyway so sweet potatoes should work just fine! Good luck!!
Happy says
The very best Sweet Potato Casserole recipe came from my mother. I have never taken it anywhere that I didn’t have request made for the recipe. I could see where this could be good because my grandmother used to make sweet potato cobbler and it was delicious. The best sweet potato soufflé is not made with marshmallows it is made with a butter, pecans and brown sugar topping that crunches when you bake it. I think this would be much better across the top of the bread pudding than the marshmallows. I have been divorced for 25 years and every Thanksgiving,I have made sweet potato casserole to send with my daughter to her father’s Thanksgiving. That was his request. Call me crazy!