Dairy Free Earl Grey Tea Infused Bread Pudding Recipe

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Tea can be delicious when you incorporate it into a recipe. I love Earl Grey tea because it has such a distinct flavor. I found a basic bread pudding recipe (since I had never made a bread pudding before) from Mark Bittman and changed it to make it dairy free and added Earl Grey Tea Crystals from Pique Tea to give it a subtle, smokey sweet flavor. Check out my video on how to make this delicious dessert!

Earl Grey Tea Infused Bread Pudding (Dairy Free)

Ingredients:
2 cups coconut milk
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) plant based buttery
Coconut Oil for greasing pan (or a non-propellant coconut oil for greasing your baking dish)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 Earl Grey Packets from Pique Tea
⅓ cup organic sugar
Pinch of salt
2/3 loaf challah or brioche, cut into 2-inch cubes (about 6 -8 cups)
2 eggs, beaten

Instructions:

To a saucepan, add coconut milk, plant based buttery spread, vanilla extract, organic sugar, Pique Tea Earl Grey packets (you’ll need 3 to infuse the flavor) and salt.

Stir until the buttery spread melts.
Let it cool.

Temper the eggs with the coconut milk mixture. This means you want to bring the temperature up so it doesn’t turn into a scrambled egg flavor when you add it to the coconut milk mixture. You do this by slowly take a tablespoon at a time and bring the egg mixture’s temperature up to the coconut milk mixture.
Once the temp is up (you can measure the temperature with a candy thermometer, but I did it with my eye). Then add the whole egg mixture into the coconut milk mixture and stir well.
Pour over the cubed bread mixture and then place into the oven.

Bake between 30 to 45 minutes.

Serve with either shredded coconut, whipped cream, or ice cream and a glass of delicious Pique Tea!

I made it dairy free so I could enjoy it without stressing, but you can use regular milk or almondmilk if you prefer. The Earl Grey Tea Crystals from Pique Tea gave it a kind of smokey flavor. Combined with the sweet coconut milk mixture, it was absolutely scrumptious.

Earl Grey Tea Infused Bread Pudding with Pique Tea Crystals (+ Giveaway)

Nancy Johnson Horn, The Mama Maven Blog

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Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons 1/4 stick plant based buttery
• Coconut Oil for greasing pan or a non-propellant coconut oil for greasing your baking dish
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 Earl Grey Packets from Pique Tea
• ⅓ cup organic sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 2/3 loaf challah or brioche cut into 2-inch cubes (about 6 -8 cups)
• 2 eggs beaten

Instructions

 

• In a saucepan, add ingredients one at a time and mix well.
• Add coconut milk,
• Add plant based buttery spread
• Add vanilla extract,
• Add organic sugar
• Open Pique Tea Earl Grey packets (you'll need 3 to infuse the flavor) and add to saucepan and salt.
• Stir until the buttery spread melts.
• Let it cool.
• Take the eggs (which should be beaten in a bowl). Temper the eggs with the coconut milk mixture. This means you want to bring the temperature up so it doesn't turn into a scrambled egg flavor when you add it to the coconut milk mixture. You do this by slowly take a tablespoon at a time and bring the egg mixture's temperature up to the coconut milk mixture.
• Once the temp is up (you can measure the temperature with a candy thermometer, but I did it with my eye). Then add the whole egg mixture into the coconut milk mixture and stir well.
• Pour over the cubed bread mixture and then place into the oven. Bake between 30 to 45 minutes.
• Serve with either shredded coconut, whipped cream, or ice cream.
• I made it dairy free so I could enjoy it without stressing, but you can use regular milk or almondmilk if you prefer. The Earl Grey Tea Crystals from Pique Tea gave it a kind of smokey flavor. Combined with the sweet coconut milk mixture, it was absolutely scrumptious.

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