2 loaves frozen bread
1 c. nuts
1 stick butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 pkg. vanilla pudding (cooking kind)

Thaw bread. Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan well. Sprinkle bottom of pan with nuts. Cut bread into 1 inch slices, then in half again. Arrange bread on top of nuts in pan. Melt butter. Add brown sugar, pudding, vanilla, and cinnamon. Drizzle on top of bread. Let rise until 1/2 inch from top of pan. Bake at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and let sit a few minutes, then turn out on foil.