Individual Mocha Bread Puddings Recipes

MOCHA BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In pan, gently mix bread pieces, dates, nuts, coconut and cinnamon.
• In large bowl, mix butter, sugar and liqueur. Beat in eggs with spoon until well blended. Stir in half-and-half and milk. Pour over bread mixture in pan; toss to mix well. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes or until most of liquid has been absorbed.
• Bake 1 hour or until set. Serve warm bread pudding with warm caramel topping. Store in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE MOCHA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Break up bread or doughnuts into a 13 x 9 pan.
• Add chopped nuts and chocolate chips.
• Whisk eggs, milk, coffee, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon together.
• Pour mixture over bread and allow to soak in, while stirring.
• Place a pan filled with hot water into oven on lower rack and bread pudding on upper rack of oven. This will keep steam in oven to prevent curdling.
• Bake for 60 minutes.
• Warm cream cheese in microwave for 20 seconds.
• Mix in confectioners sugar.
• Add milk until glaze is proper consistancy to pour over warm pudding.
• Remove pudding from oven and while still warm, drizzle glaze over.
• Best eaten while warm.

MINI BOURBON BREAD PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Make the puddings: Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack set in the lower third of the oven. Lightly butter six 8-ounce ramekins (3 1/2-inch-by-2-inch); set aside.
• Place bread in a large bowl. Add cream and milk and toss to soak. Set aside at room temperature.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Remove from heat and add both sugars and vanilla; stir until smooth and well combined.
• In a medium bowl, whisk eggs. Whisk in butter mixture until smooth and well combined. Add raisins and pour over bread, tossing until well combined.
• Evenly divide bread mixture between prepared ramekins, making sure liquid covers the bread. Place ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet and cover with parchment paper-lined aluminum foil. Transfer to oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until bread puddings are golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Make the glaze: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and add bourbon and confectioners' sugar, stirring until incorporated. Add cream and mix until smooth. Serve bread puddings with glaze. Bread pudding is best served warm but can be kept refrigerated, tightly covered, for up to 4 days.

BREAD PUDDING FOR TWO

Steps:

• Divide bread between two greased 8-oz. baking dishes; set aside. In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Pour over bread. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool slightly. Serve warm.

CLASSIC BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish; set aside. Put bread in a large bowl; set aside. Heat milk and cream in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until just about to simmer; remove from heat.
• Whisk eggs, yolk, sugar, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, pour cream mixture in a slow, steady stream into egg mixture. Pour over bread; fold to combine. Let stand 30 minutes, tossing and pressing occasionally to submerge bread.
• Meanwhile, soak raisins in 1 cup boiling water for 30 minutes.
• Drain; stir raisins into bread mixture. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a slotted spoon, transfer bread to buttered dish; pour liquid in bowl over top. Using spoon, turn top layer of bread crust side up.
• Set dish in a roasting pan; transfer to oven. Pour boiling water into pan to reach about halfway up sides of dish. Bake until golden brown, about 50 minutes. Let dish cool on a rack 10 to 20 minutes.