Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding, this is a perfect dessert for camping and tailgating for those of us with a major sweet tooth. This bread pudding features the tartness of cranberries and pecans plus a sweet, crunchy topping with a mellow brandy sauce with the smoky kiss of pecan. All made even better on our Green Mountain Davy Crockett Tailgater.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes at 350* (174c)
Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Green Mountain’s Fruitwood BBQ Pellet Blend

Ingredients: Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding

• 5 cups cubed French bread, Patti left it out overnight to make the bread cubes stale
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 2 ½ cups milk, low fat works fine
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups light brown sugar, divided
• ½ stick butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups dried cranberries
• 1 ½ cups pecans, chopped
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon, divided

Ingredients: Brandy Sauce

• ½ cup butter, melted
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup good quality brandy

Directions: Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding

In large bowl mix together the beaten eggs, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, vanilla, milk and cranberries. Gently stir in bread cubes and let set for 15 minutes.

In small bowl mix ½ cup brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon. Cut in butter and mix until crumbly.

Using a small saucepot over low heat mix together melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla until sugar is melted. Stir in brandy. Keep warm.

Pour bread mixture into well greased 13×9 baking dish. (Patti likes foil pans for easier clean up.)

Sprinkle on topping.

Bake uncovered for 40 minutes @ 350* (174c)

Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick into it.

If it comes out clean it’s done. If not give it a little more time.

Remove from grill and pour on brandy sauce or serve on the side.

Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Cooking In the Oven:

We have been getting requests for recipe conversions for the oven. I tell folks all the time that cooking on a Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker is just as easy as cooking in your oven. Just about anyone can do it and do it well. Think about it. You set your control knob to the temp you want, put your meat in and leave it for a set time.

It is the same thing, time and temperature is what it is all about. The Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill is just like your oven except it uses wood pellets and has wheels.

I did 40 minutes here at 350* (174c).

Cranberry Pecan Bread Pudding
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

About our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

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Ken & Patti

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