Bread And Fruit Casserole Recipes

SWEET N' FRUITY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease a casserole dish and place day-old bread and dried fruit inside.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, and granulated sugar. Pour the mixture over the bread and dried fruit in the casserole dish and let it sit for a minute or two.
• Combine the butter and brown sugar in a separate dish then pour over the bread pudding mixture in the casserole dish. Be sure to poke down any bread or dried fruit that is not wet, as everything should be wet. Let this sit another few minutes.
• Bake the bread pudding uncovered for 50-60 minutes or until the pudding has set and the top is golden brown.
• Let the bread pudding cool for a short time then serve warm or cold.

EASY BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 180 Celcius.
• Start with heating oil in a pan. Add Mushroom. Cook 5-6 minutes until the mushrooms start to soften.
• Then stir in Pepper and Tomatoes. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper. Add Chopped Spinach. Mix well. And cook for another 1 minutes. Keep aside and let it cool.
• In a bowl whisk eggs with milk. Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in Chopped Spring Onion and Cooled Vegetable mix. Add the Italian Seasoning and chilli flakes. Mix well.
• Take an 8-inch baking dish. Arrange broken bread pieces at the bottom.
• Pour in the egg and vegetable mixture. Distribute it evenly.
• Sprinkle Shredded cheese on top.
• If you are doing the prep the night before, then tightly cover the pan with aluminium foil and keep in the refrigerator. OR if baking on the same day then skips to the next step.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celcius for 35-40 minutes.
• Towards the end of the baking time, you would see the mixture would have set and start to leave the edges.
• Sprinkle with more spring onion while serving.

CANDIED FRUIT BREAD

Steps:

• Grease an 8x5-inch loaf tin thoroughly. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat eggs in a medium bowl. Add milk and melted butter; mix well.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, prepared fruits and nuts, and mix well. Add egg mixture to fruit and nut mixture, stirring just enough to blend. Pour batter into the greased loaf tin. Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Place pan in center of oven on middle rack. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes. Turn out on wire rack, and allow to cool for several hours before slicing.

HOME-FOR-CHRISTMAS FRUIT BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Toss apple slices with lemon juice. Arrange in a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Combine pineapple, peaches and pears; spoon over apples. Top with cherries and pecans; set aside. , In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and reserved pineapple juice. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted. Pour over fruit. Bake, uncovered, until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Serve warm.

HOT FRUIT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Arrange drained fruit layers in large buttered casserole dish in the following order: pineapple, peach slices.
• pear halves, apricot halves and spiced apple rings.
• Combine flour and brown sugar and mix well with the melted butter and creme sherry in a sauce pan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Pour over fruit, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Remove from refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature before baking for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees, or until hot and bubbly.
• NOTE: Cooking time refers to both cooking and chilling time.