Apple Chai Spiced Bread Pudding Food

APPLE-CHAI SPICED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place cubed bread inside of dish and set aside.
• Bring milk, cardamom pods, allspice berries, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat; simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Strain milk into a bowl to remove large spices.
• Heat 4 tablespoons butter in a saute pan over medium-high heat. Saute apple in the hot butter until tender, about 5 minutes. Turn off heat and add 1 cup brown sugar, vanilla extract, and caramel extract. Stir until sugar is melted. Pour over bread cubes and toss until evenly distributed.
• Beat eggs and cooled, spiced milk together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Pour over the bread mixture. Allow bread to soak up mixture, 10 to 15 minutes, lightly tapping down bread cubes as needed so egg mixture can soak in.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar over the bread pudding. Melt remaining butter in a microwave-safe dish in a microwave, 15 to 30 seconds. Drizzle over brown sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

CHAI-SPICED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk together first 9 ingredients and, if desired, rum. Gently stir in bread; let stand 15 minutes or until bread is softened. , Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Sprinkle with almonds., Bake, uncovered, until puffed, golden and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.

INDIVIDUAL APPLE BREAD PUDDINGS WITH SPICED ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Put the cranberries, whiskey, and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl and soak until the cranberries are soft, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, let the ice cream sit at room temperature until slightly softened, about 30 minutes. Transfer it to a bowl, then fold in the pumpkin spice. Cover and refreeze the ice cream.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter four 6-ounce ramekins and put them on a baking sheet.
• Whisk together the eggs, heavy cream, milk, sugar, apples, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Reserve 1 cup of bread cubes and add the remaining bread to the bowl with the egg mixture. Stir to combine and allow the bread to soak for at least 30 minutes. Add the cranberry mixture to the bread mixture and mix well, then spoon into the prepared ramekins. Toss the remaining bread cubes with the melted butter, then top the puddings evenly with the bread cubes. Bake the puddings until just set but still loose in the centers, about 20 minutes. Let the puddings rest at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. Serve the puddings warm with a scoop of the spiced ice cream.
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PUFFED APPLE PASTRIES

Steps:

• Bake puff pastry shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine apple pie filling, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until heated through, 3-4 minutes., Remove tops from pastry shells; fill with apple mixture. Replace tops. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.,

APPLE AND SPICE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Spray a shallow 1 1/2 quart baking dish with cookin spray. In a dish, combine apples, bread cubes and raisins.
• In a medium bowl, beat together eggs, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until sugar is dissolved. Pour over apple mixture. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Bake pudding until knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 45-55 minutes. Serve hot, warm or chilled.
• CINNAMON SAUCE: In glass bowl or measuring cup, stir together corn syrup and cinnamon. Microwave on high 1 minute; pour over pudding.

APPLE & SPICE, NAUGHTY & NICE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x13 pan (may need to use 2 pans, like a 9x13 and an 8x8, if your bread slices are big) or if making bread pudding muffins grease 12 muffin tins.
• Place bread cubes in a bowl.
• Mix together apple, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar (if using any, I find it too sweet when I add suagr but others in my family like this with added sugar), 6 eggs, and both milks, almond extract, and vanilla in a a separate bowl. Pour this mixture over bread cubes and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
• Pour into bread mixture into the greased dish or muffin tins.
• Combine crumble ingredients until it looks like crumbly and sprinkle over bread pudding.
• Bake for 30 minutes for muffins or 40-50 minutes for 9x13 dish OR until set, watch carefully!
• Sauce for the Grown Ups:.
• Combine chips, butter, and heavy cream and melt in microwave until melted (Stirring every 30 seconds).
• Then mix in liqueur and serve over bread pudding!
• Sauce for the Little Ones:.
• Mix syrup and butter and place in microwave until melted (stirring every 30 seconds).
• Then stir in the brown sugar and microwave again until dissolved (stirring every 30 seconds).
• You may make this dish ahead and leave in the fridge over night, then bake in the morning.