Ingredients

½ cuppacked light brown sugar

½ cupgranulated sugar

2tspground cinnamon

½ tspground nutmeg

½ tspground ginger

⅛ tspground cloves

¼ tspsalt

4largeeggs

2largeegg yolks

1 ½ cupshalf and half

1cupwhole milk

15ozpumpkin

1tspvanilla extract

16ozloaf hearty crusty french bread

Salted caramel sauce

½ cuptoasted pecanschopped, for serving

Sweetened whipped creamfor serving

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt.

Whisk in eggs and egg yolks. Stir in half and half, milk, pumpkin, and vanilla.

Place bread cubes in an extra large mixing bowl. Pour half and half mixture evenly over bread cubes then gently toss to coat. Let rest 10 minutes.

Spoon mixture into a buttered 12 by 8-inch or 13 by 9-inch baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven until set, about 45 to 50 minutes.

Let cool for a few minutes then cut and serve with salted caramel sauce, pecans and sweetened whipped cream.