Heavenly Bread Pudding Recipes

CINNAMON ROLL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray; place rolls on top, 2 inches apart. Reserve icing.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. Let stand, uncovered, until stale, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• Cut stale cinnamon rolls into 1/2-inch cubes. Whisk heavy cream, brown sugar, 2/3 cup milk, egg yolks, vanilla extract, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Toss in cinnamon roll cubes until evenly coated. Let stand, tossing occasionally, until cubes being to absorb cream mixture, about 30 minutes.
• Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until almost set, about 45 minutes.
• Mix 2 tablespoons white sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon together in a small bowl. Rub in 1/4 cup butter with your fingers until topping is in pea-sized crumbs.
• Uncover baking dish and sprinkle topping on top. Continue baking, uncovered, until custard is set, 20 to 25 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Bake until bread pudding forms a golden crust, about 2 minutes more.
• Warm reserved icing in a small microwave-safe bowl, about 15 seconds. Drizzle hot icing carefully over bread pudding. Cool on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch together; stir into the melted butter. Pour in milk and bourbon, stirring frequently until mixture begins to boil. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Spoon cooled bread pudding onto serving plates. Drizzle warm sauce on top.

HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Lightly spray a 9 inch deep dish, and preheat oven to 350.
• Slice cake and lay on cookie sheet, place into oven for 15 minutes.
• In a bowl beat the 2 eggs and egg yolk together.
• In a medium bowl combine the milk and half and half, and the pudding ; stir well.
• Add the eggs to the pudding mixture, add the vanilla.
• In the prepared deep dish add a few slices of cake.(Cake can be cut to fit.)
• Next sprinkle some nuts and chocolate chips, saving some of each for the topping. Repeat layers until cake is gone.
• Top with nuts and chocolate chips. Pour pudding mixture over the top. Press cake down to soak every piece.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, or until set.

HEAVENLY LEMON BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter the bottom only of a 2-quart casserole or soufflé dish.
• Combine bread cubes and lemon zest in large bowl.
• Set aside.
• Combine whipping cream, milk, sugar, butter and salt in a heavy saucepan.
• Over medium heat, cook until butter melts, stirring occasionally.
• Pour over bread mixture, and toss.
• Allow to cool.
• Lightly beat the egg yolks, then beat in the lemon juice, and stir into the bread mixture.
• Set aside.
• Beat egg whites in large bowl of electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Do not overbeat.
• Gently fold egg whites into bread mixture.
• Pour bread mixture into prepared dish, and bake for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean.
• The top of the pudding should be golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar, if desired.
• Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.
• NOTE:*If your bread is less than a day old, you can"age" it by placing slices in a 300°F oven for 15 or 20 minutes, or until some of the moisture is baked out.

HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven up to 350°F.
• Cut slices of bread into cubes.
• In a saucepan, heat the milk, and butter but do not allow to boil.
• Add the vanilla and sugar, when a bit cooled.
• Pour part of the milk mixture into the beaten eggs and whisk until all blended.
• Pour this mixture back into the milk mixture in the saucepan.
• Add the baking powder and blend until smooth.
• Lay the cubes of bread onto a 8x8 baking dish and pour over it the liquid prepared above.
• Wait 5 minutes for the bread to saturate with mixture.
• Sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until it browns.
• Serve it with a scoop of ice-cream, otherwise, serving with custard sauce is receommended.

SAVORY HERB BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400ºF (205ºC). Lightly grease a 10-inch (25 cm) square baking dish.
• Preheat a 6-quart (5.7 L) pot over medium heat. Sauté the onion and celery in the olive oil with a pinch of salt until onion is lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in the onion powder, sage, thyme, rosemary, 1 teaspoon salt, and several dashes of pepper and turn off the heat.
• Put the bread cubes in a large mixing bowl. Add the cooked vegetable mixture and toss to thoroughly coat. Pour in the vegetable broth, ½ cup (120 ml) at a time, mixing well after each addition. The bread should be moist but not soggy, so you may not need to add all the broth.
• Transfer the stuffing mixture to the prepared casserole dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool a bit before serving.

HEAVENLY BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread out angel cake cubes on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes, tossing three times, until lightly toasted and dry. Turn off oven.
• Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, rum and vanilla extract in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. Gently stir in cake cubes and banana slices; pour into an 8-inch square baking dish. Cover dish with foil. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature at room temperature for cake cubes to absorb most of the milk mixture.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake, covered, 30 minutes. Remove foil; continue to bake 25 minutes or until pudding is set.
• Let stand 15 minutes. Dust top with confectioners sugar. Server with small scoops of vanilla ice cream.

HEAVENLY HASH BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Toast pecans on a baking sheet 8 to 10 minutes; cool, then coarsely chop. Bake bread cubes in a roasting pan 15 minutes, tossing twice, until cubes are firm and lightly toasted; transfer bread to prepared baking dish. Turn off oven.
• Bring milk, cream, and sugar to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan; add vanilla, chocolate, and salt. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Whisk eggs and yolks in a large bowl; gradually pour hot chocolate mixture into eggs, whisking until blended. Pour over bread cubes in baking dish; toss until coated. Let stand on counter 45 minutes, until most of chocolate mixture is absorbed. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a kettle with water and boil.
• Put 1 cup marshmallows and 3/4 cup pecans into soaked bread with a fork. Place baking dish in a roasting pan; fill pan with enough hot water to come halfway up sides of baking dish. Bake 50 minutes. Scatter remaining 1/3 cup marshmallows and 1/4 cup pecans over top of pudding; bake 10 minutes longer. Cool baking dish on a rack until warm. Serve with Brandy Milk Punch Anglaise:.
• Bring half-and-half and sugar to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan; remove from heat.
• 2. In a medium bowl, whisk yolks, vanilla, and nutmeg. Slowly pour hot half-and-half mixture into yolk mixture, whisking until incorporated.
• 3. Return mixture to saucepan and place over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until mixture thickens to consistency of thick heavy cream, about 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in brandy. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a 4-cup glass measure. Cover and refrigerate until cold. (Can be made up to 3 days ahead and refrigerated.).