3 maple pecan french toast bread pudding Recipes

challah or 12 oz raisin bread or 12 oz other egg bread, with crust,torn into 3/4 inch pieces, eggs, whole milk or 2 1/2 cups 2% milk, sugar, vanilla extract, freshly grated whole nutmeg or 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg, cinnamon, chopped toasted pecans, warm maple syrup

stale bread (measured when cut into 1 inch cubes), eggs, lightly beaten, milk, half-and-half, vanilla extract, butter, melted, brown sugar, maple syrup, chopped pecans