Coconut Bread Pudding

Recipe Summary
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Servings: 10
Source: Southern Living

Ingredients

Cream Cheese, 8 oz
Sugar, 1 cup
Egg, 4 large
Milk, 2 cups
Cream of coconut, 1 cup
Butter, 6 Tbs, melted and divided
French bread, 8 oz, cut into 1 inch cubes
Vegetable cooking spray
Sweetened Flake Coconut, 1/2 cup
Pecans, 1/2 cup, chopped

Directions

1. Beat cream cheese at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth. Add 1 cup sugar and eggs and beat at medium speed, 2 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Stir in 2 cups milk, 1 cup cream of coconut, and 3 Tbs melted butter. Stir in bread cubes. Let stand 5 minutes.
2. Coat a 13 X 9 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Pour bread mixture into dish.
3. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until set.
4. Stir together flaked coconut, pecans, and 3 Tbs melted butter. Sprinkle coconut mixture over baked pudding and bake 5 to 8 minutes more or until browned.

Notes

1. The original recipe calls for a carmelized sugar sauce. It is time consuming and doesn't add much to the dessert so I omitted it.