Pine Coconut Bread Pudding Recipes

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in center. Butter eight 6-ounce ramekins or custard cups; set aside. Arrange bread in a single layer on two rimmed baking sheets; bake until crisp, tossing once, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, milks, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Stir in toasted bread; let sit, tossing occasionally, until bread has absorbed liquid, about 5 minutes.
• Divide bread mixture evenly among ramekins. Place on a baking sheet; bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a pudding comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool. Serve dusted with confectioners' sugar.

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with butter, and dust with confectioners' sugar.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, egg yolk, coconut milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and coconut extract. Mix until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of flaked coconut, and 1/2 cup fresh coconut. Fold in bread cubes until evenly coated. Pour into prepared baking dish. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Bake on a cookie sheet in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Sprinkle top with remaining 1/2 cup flaked coconut. Continue baking for 25 to 30 minutes, or until center springs back when lightly tapped.

PINEAPPLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 1.5-quart casserole dish.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Then add the eggs one at a time, incorporating fully between each addition. With the mixer on low, beat in the pineapple just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula, fold in the bread. Pour it into the prepared dish.
• Bake in the oven until golden brown and set, 50 to 60 minutes.

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING FROM SILK®

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Coat a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, Silk, eggs, (or egg substitute), spices, salt, coconut extract and rum, if using.
• Stir in 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut.
• Gently stir in bread cubes until evenly coated.
• Spoon mixture into prepared pan, cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 30 minutes.
• Place pan on a cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup flaked coconut and bake for an additional 25 minutes, or until center springs back.
• Serve warm.

DELICIOUS COCONUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Lightly butter the bottom of a 9" flameproof baking dish. Arrange the bread cubes evenly in the dish. In a large bowl, whisk together the yolks, whole eggs,coconut milk, cream of coconut, salt, nutmeg and mace.
• Stir in one cup of flaked coconut.
• Pour the custard mixture over the bread cubes, pressing the bread cubes gently to soak up the custard. Let the mixture stand (covered in foil) for one hour in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 325.
• Sprinkle the top of the pudding with the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut flakes.
• Again, cover the baking dish with foil, poking a few holes in the top to release the steam.
• Put the baking dish into a roasting pan on the oven rack, pour hot water to come up halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake until pudding is firm to the touch, approximately one hour and 15 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake of 15 minutes more.
• Remove the baking dish from the water bath and put baking dish under the broiler, about 4 inches from broiler until golden, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
• Let pudding cool completely. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Pour the sauce over individual pudding servings (if desired) than top with toasted coconut.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat butter and milk until butter is melted; stir in cocoa. Remove from the heat and set aside. Toss bread and 3/4 cup coconut; place in a greased 1-1/2-qt. shallow baking dish. Add sugar, eggs, vanilla and salt to milk mixture; mix well. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle with the remaining coconut. Place baking dish in a 13x9-in. pan in oven; add 1 in. of water to pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or cold; if desired, garnish with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

COCONUT CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Make pudding:
• Discard crust from bread and cut enough bread into 1/2-inch cubes to measure 6 cups. In a large baking pan dry bread, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours. (Alternatively, dry bread in a 250°F oven 1 hour.)
• Butter a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
• Drain pineapple well. Chop pecans and toast golden. In a bowl toss together bread, pineapple, and half of pecans and transfer to baking dish. In bowl whisk together eggs, sugar, milk, cream, and vanilla and pour slowly and evenly over bread mixture. Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sprinkle remaining pecans over pudding. Cut butter into bits and dot pudding with it. Bake pudding in middle of oven 20 minutes. Remove pudding from oven and drop walnut-size mounds of coconut decoratively on top. Bake pudding until coconut is golden brown, about 20 minutes more.
• In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and bourbon. In a small heavy saucepan bring cream, milk, sugar, and a pinch salt to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Whisk cornstarch mixture and whisk into cream mixture. Boil sauce gently, whisking, 1 minute, or until thickened. Keep sauce warm, covered.
• Serve pudding warm or at room temperature with sauce.

PINA COLADA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• For the bread pudding, combine the cream of coconut, cream, sugar, pecans, undrained pineapple, coconut, butter, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and mix well.
• Add the bread cubes and mix gently. Let stand until the bread soaks up the mixture, adding additional bread if needed; the mixture should not be runny. Spoon the bread mixture into a buttered baking pan. Bake at 350*F for 1 hour, until golden brown. Let stand until room temperature.
• For the sauce, combine the sugar and butter in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir a small amount of the mixture into the egg yolks to temper them. Stir the egg yolks into the hot mixture and add the run gradually, stirring constantly until blended. Pour into a thermos to keep warm, or place in a water bath.
• Cut the bread pudding into 12 to 15 slices and arrange on dessert plates. Drizzle each with the warm sauce.

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine eggs and 1 1/8 cups sugar. Mix until smooth. In a small pan, bring cream to a boil. With mixer running at medium-low speed, slowly add hot cream. Add coconut milk and rum, and mix again just until smooth. Allow mixture to rest at room temperature for one hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Fill a kettle with water and place over high heat to bring to a boil. In an 8 1/2-by-12-inch baking dish, arrange challah slices so they overlap in two columns. Pour custard evenly over top, and press down lightly with a spatula. Place dish in a large, deep pan, like a roasting pan. Carefully pour in boiling water so that it comes about halfway up the sides of baking dish. Bake until custard is set but not too firm, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Sprinkle liberally with sugar, and caramelize it with a kitchen torch or by placing it under a broiler for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve, scooping out individual portions.