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.