Pumpkin-Maple Bread Pudding

• butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray
• 1 loaf cinnamon-raisin bread, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 12 cup chopped pecans
• 1 14 cups milk
• 12 cup cream
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 12 cup grade a maple syrup
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) jar brandied hard sauce
• 1 teaspoon maple extract

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Lightly spray a 3-quart casserole dish with non-stick spray.
3. Toss together cubed raisin bread and pecans in casserole dish.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients, EXCEPT hard sauce and maple extract.
5. Pour over bread cubes.
6. Let soak for 1 hour, occasionally pressing bread down into custard.
7. Bake bread in heated oven for 60 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
8. Remove hard sauce lid and place jar in microwave-safe bowl.
9. Fill bowl with water halfway up the side of the jar.
10. Heat on High in microwave for 30-40 seconds.
11. Remove and stir in maple extract.
12. Drizzle over bread pudding.

butter, cinnamonraisin bread, pecans, milk, cream, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup, pumpkin, hard sauce, maple

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-maple-bread-pudding-274166 (may not work)