Umm Ali- Bread Pudding
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Umm Ali is traditional Egyptian bread pudding, that makes a perfect dessert or breakfast treat. It’s warm, rich, and delicious with a soft-silky texture.

Umm Ali- Om Ali
Buttery croissants meet rich whipped cream, raisins and slivered almonds in this Croissant Bread Pudding!
Traditionally Um Ali, also known as Om Ali or Um Ali is made with an Egyptian flatbread called Roaa, phyllo or puff pastry sheets. I used croissants because they’re easily accessible everywhere and they taste amazing in this pudding.
If you love bread pudding as much as I do, then making them with croissants will blow you away! It brings in the best taste and texture and you won’t want to make this any other way again!
The croissants really add to the bread pudding by soaking in all of the delicious flavors. And when you add in that cool whip on top, well, it just takes this to a whole new level!
This Middle Eastern bread pudding recipe is a great way to use leftover or stale croissants.

Ingredients:
If you love buttery croissants and you love bread pudding, of course you’ll love this Egyptian Croissant Bread Pudding. And let me tell you, it is so so easy to throw together!
Here’s what you need to make this delicious Umm Ali bread pudding:
Croissants: preferably day-old but if you have freshly baked croissants, you can also use them in this recipe, you just have to bake them, so they dry out a bit.
Milk and sugar: mixed well and simmered to low boil.
Cool whip: or you can use 1 cup heavy cream whipped to soft peaks.
Raisins: I used yellow golden raisins.
Nuts: slivered almonds and crushed pistachios.
Let’s Start Baking!

How to Make Umm Ali Dessert:
STEP 1: Prepare the croissants: Cut your croissants into chunks and place in a 8×12 inch baking dish. Then bake them at 400°F (205°C) for a couple of minutes or until lightly browned and crispy.
Step 2: Make the Milk Mixture: Combine milk and sugar in a pot. Stir, and bring to a boil on medium heat. Remove from heat.

Step 3: Pour the hot milk over the croissants.

Step 4: Sprinkle with slivered almonds and raisins.
Step 5: Top with whipped cream and spread it evenly all over the surface of the pudding.

Step 6: Bake: Return to oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then Broil about 5 minutes or until the top layer is golden brown and has caramelized.
Step 7: Serve: Remove from the oven and sprinkle with slivered almonds and crushed pistachios. Enjoy warm!

STORAGE AND REHEATING TIPS
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
If you want to reheat the leftovers before digging in, you can warm individual servings for 30-60 seconds in the microwave.
You can warm larger portions in a low oven (around 300-325°F), by placing leftover bread pudding in an oven-safe baking dish, then cover it with foil. And heat just until the bread pudding is warmed through.

Umm Ali Bread Pudding made with croissants baked in a milk and whipped cream topping, is the most decadent dessert or breakfast recipe!
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More Pudding Recipes to Try:
Custard Biscuit Pudding
Lebanese Rice Pudding
Lebanese Milk Pudding
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Umm Ali
Umm Ali is traditional Egyptian bread pudding, that makes a perfect dessert or breakfast treat. It’s warm, rich, and delicious with a soft-silky texture.
Ingredients
- 6-8 Croissants – roughly torn into bite size pieces
- 2.5 cups Milk- full fat
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 8 oz cool whip
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds- divided
- 1/4 cup yellow raisins
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped pistachios- for topping
Instructions
- Prepare the croissants: Cut your croissants into chunks and place in a 8×12 inch baking dish. Then bake them at 400°F (205°C) for a couple of minutes or until lightly browned and crispy.
- Make the Milk Mixture: Combine milk and sugar in a pot. Stir, and bring to a boil on medium heat. Remove from heat.
- Pour the hot milk over the croissants.
- Sprinkle with slivered almonds (reserve a a hand full for sprinkling on top after baking) and raisins.
- Top with whipped cream, and spread it evenly all over the surface of the pudding.
- Return to oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then Broil about 5 minutes or until the top layer is golden brown and has caramelized.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with reserved slivered almonds and crushed pistachios.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 213Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 134mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 2gSugar: 16gProtein: 7g
Please note that the nutrition label provided is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. It will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.
Light yet delicious bread pudding. I was looking for recipes to use leftover croissants when I found this Arabic treat. I love all sort of Arabic sweets! Thanks for the lovely recipes.
So happy to hear this, Sylvania!
My husband made this Om Ali for us tonight! It was delicious, he said it was so simple to prepare. We will be making it again. Thanks xx
Yay! That’s so great! Happy to hear you enjoyed my Umm Ali recipe 🙂
This Om Ali bread Pudding was exceptionally delicious! We ate it in two days till the last crumb. I wanted to ask what are the roses that you used on top? Thanks!
Hi Caroline, glad to hear you enjoyed this bread pudding recipe. I use dried rose buds to decorate my desserts 🙂 I usually get them from amazon, here is the link.
Very very good recipe! Such a great idea to make it with croissants, saves to much time and comes out crispy and beautiful. XX
Happy to heat that, Youmna!