Cranberry Apple Pecan Bread Pudding With Custard Recipes

CRANBERRY APPLE PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• in a medium bowl, toss sliced apples with lemon juice and set aside.
• in a large bowl, beat the eggs till frothy and light in color. Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon and beat till smooth.
• Stir in the butter, half and half and brandy.
• Toss the apples, cranberries, pecans with the bread cubes.
• Place the bread mixture in a greased 9x5 loaf pan (or individual custard cups). Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread. Cover with foil and weigh down with a bag of rice or dried beans to encourage the bread to absorb the liquid. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325. Remove the foil and weights and place the pudding in a larger pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake for 55 minutes or till set.
• Increase oven temperature to 425 and bake 10 minutes more, till lightly browned. Serve warm with room temperature sauce.
• Vanilla Cream Sauce:.
• Combine milk (or cream) with flour and sugar in a saucepan. Add butter. Heat over medium high heat till it bubbles, stirring. Continue to heat gently till thickened. Stir in vanilla.

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place bread and 2 cups sugar in mixing bowl.
• Pour milk over and mix well.
• Allow bread to soak up milk for about an hour.
• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar and cranberries.
• Cover with water and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Set aside to cool.
• Whisk together eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, rum and melted butter.
• Pour over bread cubes.
• Stir in apples, drained of their cooking liquid and the walnuts and cranberries.
• Pour entire mixture into baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until pudding is puffed and golden.
• Cool slightly, cut into squares and serve with lemon sauce recipe#74942.

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 11 by 13-inch baking dish with room temperature butter.
• Place cubed brioche in the baking dish. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine diced apples with lemon juice, brown sugar and cranberries. Pour over bread.
• In a large bowl, whisk together half-and-half, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Pour custard over bread. Allow to saturate for a few minutes.
• Bake for 40 minutes until pudding sets. Serve with whipped cream.
• Place a medium bowl in the freezer for 1 hour before whipping cream.
• Add heavy cream to chilled bowl and whip with a hand mixer. Add liqueur and powdered sugar and combine well.

APPLE BREAD PUDDING WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Peel, core and cut the apple in wedges and than in thin slices, sprinkle and mix with lemon juice and cinnamon. Heat up butter in a shallow pan over medium heat and sauté apple for 2-3 minutes to soften. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and honey granules until well combined. Whisk in the half-and-half, orange zest, and vanilla. Add the bread cubes and cranberries and mix well. Let stand for 15 minutes so the bread can soak up the custard then add the cooled down apples.
• Preheat oven to 325. Put your mixture into a buttered souffle pan. Place souffle pan into a roasting pan. Place both pans into the oven and fill the roasting pan with boiling water 1/2 way up the outside of the souffle pan. Bake for about 1 hour.

APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Peel, quarter, core and slice the apples.
• Put them in a saucepan with the brown sugar, cinnamon and cranberries bring to the boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour this mixture into a greased ovenproof dish, 3 inch deep, 9 inch diameter, (the dish needs to be deep to avoid fruit bubbling out during baking).
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the beaten eggs a little at the time and incorporating them well before adding more egg.
• Fold in the ground almonds.
• Spoon this almond cake mix on top of the apple-cranberry mixture in the dish and even it out a little bit.
• Put the dish in the oven and bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine bread, cranberries, and pecans in a large bowl; toss gently. Combine milk and half and half; pour over bread mixture. Cover and chill 1 hour.
• Combine eggs, sugars, rum and vanilla; stir well. Add egg mixture to chilled bread, stirring gently to combine. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until set and lightly browned. Let cool in pan 5 minutes. Cut into squares; serve warm with maple syrup or sauce of your choice.

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.