Ashley's Krispy Kreme Doughnut Bread Pudding

There's, like, a hundred different versions of this recipe. I only make it for special occasions or when I want to suck up to somebody, because it is so sweet it makes your teeth hurt. And I don't put raisins in my bread pudding; raisins are a Yankee thing. I think they look like bugs.

To begin with, use a 13 x 9-inch glass pan. Preheat the over to 350.

Here is what you need:

2 dozen Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts, torn into little chunks. Put the chunks in a large bowl.
3 eggs, beaten. Don't add them to the doughnuts yet.
1 can sweetened condensed milk. Add to eggs. Beat together.
Vanilla flavoring to taste. Add to milk and egg mixture. Use one teaspoon if you don't like strong vanilla flavor, add more if you do. The whole point is to make the bread pudding the way you like it.
1/2stick of melted butter.
Cinnamon to taste. It takes way more cinnamon than you probably expect, but start out with a little and keep adding until it tastes right.

Pour all of this into the bowl of doughnut chunks and stir. It'll be too dry, because now you have to make a choice. You can either put in a can of fruit cocktail, with the juice, which gives the pudding enough moisture- and in a weird way the fruit cocktail cuts down on the sweetness- or, if the idea of fruit cocktail in your bread pudding gives you the heebie-jeebies, just start adding milk, a little at a time, and stirring it in, until the texture seems right to you, not so juicy that it's soup but moist enough that it's kind of like a lumpy cake batter.

Now you have another choice: chopped pecans or no chopped pecans. I love it with chopped pecans. If you decide to use them, add I cup to the mixture and stir.

You can also add a little nutmeg, about 1 teaspoon if you like. I usually don't.

Pour into pan and bake for 30 mins. Check with toothpick to see if it's done. Take it out and let it cool. Add a glaze if you like, then dig in. If you don't want to fool with the glaze but the pudding looks naked with nothing on top, then buy some cans of ready made frosting and put it on. Talk about a sugar overload. Whoa, Mama.