Air Fryer Bread Pudding is a decadent dessert. A soufflé like combination of bread and chocolate drenched in bourbon butter sauce.
My Air Fryer French Toast really hit the spot. It was reminiscent of bread pudding in a lot of ways. So obviously I had to create a recipe for Air Fryer Bread Pudding, which is also baked in ramekins. The custard batter contains a little more sugar than the french toast batter. I added chocolate chips to the mix because in most cases I prefer chocolate desserts. And the sauce is a super quick, decadent mix of sugar, butter and bourbon. What’s not to love? You probably have all the ingredients you need to make this dessert in your pantry and fridge. So let’s get started!
Ingredients needed to make Air Fryer Bread Pudding
- Bread
- Egg Whites
- Half and Half
- Butter
- Sugar
- Chocolate Chips
- Vanilla
- Corn Syrup
- Bourbon
- Salt
How to make Bread Pudding in the Air Fryer
Cut sandwich bread into cubes. Grease ramekin baking dishes and set aside. Melt butter in the microwave. Whisk together the egg whites, half and half, sugar and vanilla. Whisk in the melted butter until smooth. Pour the egg batter over the cubed bread and stir until well combined. Transfer the coated bread to the ramekin dishes, layered with chocolate chips. Air fry the dishes of bread pudding at 325 degrees F for 12 – 14 minutes until puffed and golden brown. Serve the Air Fryer Bread Pudding topped bourbon butter sauce.
To make the sauce, combine corn syrup, butter, sugar, bourbon and a pinch of salt. Microwave until it is bubbling. Give it a good stir. Allow the sauce to cool until it has thickened a bit before pouring over the bread pudding.
Kitchen Tips
- I use a Philips XXL Air Fryer to test all of my recipes
- Ramekin baking dishes used in this recipe
- Choose a high-quality, firm white loaf of bread for this recipe
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Air Fryer Bread Pudding
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 4 slices white sandwich bread cut into cubes
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp corn syrup
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp bourbon
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a glass, microwavable measuring cup, combine the corn syrup, two tablespoons of butter, one tablespoon of sugar, bourbon and pinch of salt. Microwave on high power until the mixture is melted and bubbling, about two minutes. Give it a good stir to combine. Set the sauce aside to cool a bit and thicken.
- Grease two oven-safe ramekin baking dishes (4 - 6 oz. in size) and set aside.
- Melt the butter in the microwave.
- In a clean bowl, whisk together the half and half, egg whites, sugar and vanilla. Slowly pour the melted butter into the mixture and whisk until smooth.
- In a separate clean bowl, pour the batter over the bread cubes and stir until the bread is completely coated with the batter.
- Place half (divided equally) of the coated bread into the prepared ramekins. Sprinkle with half of the chocolate chips. Divide the remaining half of the coated bread between the two dishes. And top each dish equally with the remaining chocolate chips.
- Place the dishes into the basket of your air fryer.
- Air fry the bread pudding at 325 degrees F for 12 - 14 minutes, until it is puffed and golden brown.
- Serve the bread pudding topped with the bourbon butter sauce.
Katia Martin says
Holy cow! that bourbon butter sauce is making me drool!! It also seems to be pretty simple to make. I think I’ll try this for our anniversary dessert.
foodtasticmom says
Awesome! Enjoy!
Mahy says
Did anyone say “Pudding”? I am in every time I hear the word pudding. But you have taken it to the next level! Fantastic execution.
foodtasticmom says
Thanks very much Mahy!
Lindsay says
It never occured to me to make bread pudding in the air fryer until right now! You are brilliant. Will be making for dessert tomrorrow night.
foodtasticmom says
You are kind. Happy to hear you’re inspired to try it. Enjoy!
Emily Liao says
Wow! I was surprised how good this turned out with my air fryer. So fluffy and delicious.
foodtasticmom says
So glad you liked it. Thank you!
Chrissie Baker says
ha! I didn’t realize how much I miss this dessert until I saw your recipe, thank you! Saving this for the weekend a nice memory for me, thank you!
foodtasticmom says
So nice to hear this. You’re welcome!