Bread Pudding With Dried Cranberries Vanilla And Mint Recipes

SPICED CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Toss bread pieces with 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice in a bowl. Add dried cranberries; toss well. Pour into the prepared pan. Drizzle with melted butter.
• Beat eggs in a bowl until thoroughly mixed. Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, almond milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Beat until thoroughly mixed. Pour over the bread pieces. Let soak, pressing bread lightly with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top springs back when lightly touched, about 45 minutes.

CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer half of the bread cubes, cranberries and orange zest. Repeat layers. Drizzle with butter. , In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla until blended; pour over bread mixture. Let stand for 15-30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. , Bake, uncovered, for 65-75 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, in a small heavy saucepan, whisk egg yolks and sugar. Stir in cream and orange zest strip. Cook over low heat about 15-20 minutes or until mixture is just thick enough to coat a metal spoon and a thermometer reads at least 160°, stirring constantly but gently. Do not allow to boil. Immediately transfer to a bowl., Place bowl in an ice-water bath for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in extract. Discard orange zest. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with bread pudding.

BREAD PUDDING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Pour hot milk over bread& allow to cool.
• Add remaining ingredients, mix well.
• Pour into a buttered 1 1/2 qt casserole Bake one hour at 350F.
• Sauce: Cook vanilla pudding following directions on box& pour over cooked pudding.
• Serve warm.

CREAMY CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the crusts off the bread and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. You should have about 3 1/2 cups of cubes. Arrange on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until light golden brown, about 10 minutes. Watch carefully to make sure they do not brown too much; set aside to cool. Leave the oven on.
• In a saucepan, heat the half-and-half, cream, salt, and vanilla bean over medium heat, stirring occasionally to make sure the mixture doesn't burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. When the cream mixture reaches a fast simmer (do not let it boil), turn off the heat. Set aside to infuse 10 to 15 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together. Whisking constantly, gradually add the hot cream mixture. Strain into a large bowl to smooth the mixture and remove the vanilla bean. Add the bread cubes, toss well and let soak until absorbed. Fold the mixture occasionally to ensure even soaking.
• In a small saucepan, heat the orange juice to a simmer. Add the cranberries and simmer until plumped and softened, about 5 minutes. Drain and reserve 1/4 cup for garnish.
• Fold in remaining 3/4 cup of cranberries into bread pudding mixture. Divide the mixture among 6 ramekins, custard cups, or dessert cups, (or use a deep baking dish). Divide the soaked bread among the dishes, then pour any remaining custard over the bread. Dot with remaining cranberries.
• Arrange the puddings in a hot water bath. Bake until set and golden brown on top, about 30 minutes for individual puddings and 40 to 45 minutes for 1 large pudding. Serve warm or chilled, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

BREAD PUDDING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES, VANILLA, AND MINT

Steps:

• Put the dried cranberries in a small bowl and cover with 1/2 cup of warm water. Set aside to plump for about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 325°. In a medium saucepan, combine the milk, heavy cream, lemon zest, orange zest and 4 mint sprigs. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the milk and add the bean to the saucepan. Bring to a boil over moderate heat. Remove from the heat and stir for a few minutes to cool slightly. Whisk in the sugar and the gelatin and set aside for 3 minutes, then whisk again. Strain the mixture into a heatproof measuring cup.
• Drain the cranberries and divide them among six 1/2-cup ramekins set on a baking sheet. Stir the milk mixture once and pour it over the cranberries, filling the ramekins. Top each with a challah round. Bake the puddings for 20 minutes, or until the custard is bubbling and still wobbly. Remove from the oven.
• Preheat the broiler. Broil the puddings for about 30 seconds just to toast the bread rounds.
• Let the custards cool, then refrigerate until completely set, at least 4 but not more than 6 hours.
• Just before serving, melt the raspberry jam in a small nonreactive skillet over low heat. Run a knife around the inside of each ramekin to loosen the bread puddings and invert them onto dessert plates.
• Spoon a little of the raspberry jam over and around them. Garnish each plate with a few mint leaves from the remaining sprig and serve.

BREAD PUDDING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES AND BOURBON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Brush bread slices with butter and toast in oven until golden. Set aside.
• Heat cream and milk in a small saucepan until almost boiling. Meanwhile, whisk together the sugar and eggs until thoroughly mixed. Add orange peel, vanilla extract and the cream-milk mixture and whisk together. Stir in the dried cranberries and salt.
• Arrange toasted bread in a 9-by-12-inch baking dish in two overlapping rows. Pour in cream mixture and cover with aluminum foil. Put a smaller pan on top and weigh it down so that the bread slices are submerged. Leave overnight or for at least one hour.
• When ready to bake the pudding, preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove pan and weights from top of pudding and punch the foil with holes. Place baking dish in a larger pan of hot water (a bain-marie); the water should be two-thirds of the way up the sides. Bake for an hour and 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the pudding comes out clean. Sprinkle pudding with confectioners' sugar.
• While the pudding is cooking, make the sauce. Beat the sugar with the egg yolks until everything is thoroughly mixed. Bring the cream and the milk to boil in a small saucepan with the vanilla extract.
• Whisk in one-half cup of hot cream mixture into the eggs, then pour the egg and cream mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk and cream. Whisk over low heat until mixture thickens enough to coat the spoon. Be careful not to let it boil, or it will curdle.
• Remove from heat, add bourbon and cool. Chill until ready to use.
• Cut pudding into slices and serve warm on a pool of the chilled sauce.