Got some extra jelly donuts hanging around? Use the for this delectably easy jelly donut bread pudding, which may then turn into your favorite dessert!
So, a few days ago I posted about my baby doughnut muffins, and just as a reminder here they are below, in all their one inch high cuteness.
Because the recipe is for muffins that you make in your mini-muffin pan, you end up with quite a few of these little darlings. And believe me, I did my level best to eat every single one of them in the time period during which doughnuts are best, which is within 24 hours of being made. Know what I mean? There’s nothing quite so sad as biting into a doughnut and realizing that it is just past its prime. The loss! The regret! The missed opportunity!
Now with these guys, I probably had about 10 or so left over. And I just couldn’t bear to toss them out. The dog graciously volunteered to take them off my hands, but she’s on a diet. And then I got a brainstorm. Bread pudding…but with the leftover doughnuts.
I put together a quick mixture of eggs, milk and sugar, crumbled up the doughnuts and stirred the whole thing together. When I poured it into my baking dish, there were tiny bits and pieces of jelly here and there…but not enough for me to feel totally HONEST about it being called jelly doughnut bread pudding. So I opened up the fridge and found some reinforcements.
Stonewall Kitchen to the rescue AGAIN. I took a few spoonfuls of this, swirled it around in the doughnut mixture, popped the whole thing in the oven, and a little while later…bread pudding heaven. I served it with a little vanilla ice cream, and oh yes.
Waste not, want not! Especially when it comes to anything with the word “doughnut” or “donut” in it…
Jelly Donut Bread Pudding
Prep Time: 15 minutes- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 4 cups torn pieces of donut
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup jelly or jam, your choice of flavor!
Instructions
- Preheat over to 375 and grease an 8×8 baking dish.
- Mix milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon together well. Combine with donut pieces and mix well. Let stand for a few minutes until the donuts have absorbed some of the milk mixture.
- Put donut mixture into baking dish. Drop spoonfuls of jelly on top of mixture and swirl gently to barely combine.
- Bake for 40 minutes until sides of pudding begin to brown. Serve as is or with vanilla or strawberry ice cream.
Hi there! I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN! My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too. And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!
My mind can't even comprehend how awesome this is.
oh my! this sounds like heaven in a dish. i am adding this to my "to do" list!
How creative! This looks so so delicious.
LOVE LOVE LOVE, what a wonderful treat
YAY!! A cooking recycler!! LOL I love it when something wonderful in the first place turns out to be wonderful-ER!!! ^_^
that looks incredible. and sour cherry jam? i need that in my life!
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Ohhh wow that must be amazing!!!!
How indulgent! That would be great as the sweet part of a brunch.
Oh my god. Are you kidding me? I need to make that immediately. There's a gluten-free version of the jelly donut cupcakes on elanaspantry.com and they are equally phenom.
Very cute, and very clever–first the baby doughnuts and then a wonderful way to use the leftovers. I have a couple of kids that will like all of this a lot, thank you so much.
Oh my goodness! I have been craving jelly donuts and this just sent my cravings over the top!!! This is fabulous!!
Drooling. All over keyboard.
Brilliant!!!
So creative! I get such satisfaction out of using up leftovers in a new way…looks like you now have more reasons to make more donuts :)
This is crazy. Insane even. In an evil genius kind of way! LOVE it!
Right on! I LIKE how you think! :)
~ingrid
What a fabulous + simple idea!
It goes with my “no donut left behind” rule. :)
This was great, but with half the sugar and no extra jam. I’m trying it again now (there were a lot of leftover donuts, lol) with 1/4 cup sugar. I suspect that will be enough.
★★★★