Cinnamon Croissant Bread Pudding Food

CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray or rub with butter.
• Place croissant cubes in the bottom of pan.
• Sprinkle cubes with pecan pieces.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine milk and heavy cream. Whisk in both sugars, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon. Combine until smooth and well blended. Pour over the top of croissant cubes and pecans. Very gently press down cubes so they are all moist.
• Cover with foil and refrigerate for 1-3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Uncover and bake for 35-40 minutes. It should be nicely browned and slightly jiggly.
• Let sit for 5-10 minutes as it will be very hot. Top each serving with vanilla ice cream or some type of warm caramel sauce.

CINNAMON-CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine croissants and next 3 ingredients.
• In another large bowl, whisk together cream and next 6 ingredients until smooth. Add to croissant mixture, stirring to combine. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours, or refrigerate up to 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 3-quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Pour croissant mixture into prepared dish. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cover with foil halfway through baking time to prevent excess browning, if necessary.

CINNAMON-TOFFEE CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Gently stir in the croissants, toffee bits, pecans and chips; let stand for 15 minutes or until croissants are softened., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, bring the sugar, cream and butter to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Serve with warm bread pudding.

CINNAMON ROLL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place the cinnamon roll pieces into greased 9 x13-inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle the raisins and pecans over them.
• In large bowl, beat the milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla until well blended.
• Pour mixture over rolls.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Dot the mixture with the butter slices.
• Place the dish in a roasting pan; fill pan with hot water halfway up sides of baking dish.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until bread pudding is set in center.
• To make the sauce, heat whipping cream and 1/4 cup sugar on top of a double boiler over simmering water.
• Combine egg yolks and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl; beat until well blended.
• Stir some of the hot cream mixture into the egg mixture; return egg mixture to double boiler.
• Stirring constantly, cook 8-10 minutes or until thickens slightly and coats a spoon.
• Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Serve warm sauce over bread pudding.

CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk together the milk, heavy cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and cinnamon. Add the croissant cubes and mix together until the croissants are fully coated in the cream mixture. Let it sit for 25-30 minutes, stirring about 15 minutes in.
• Once the croissants have soaked pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the custard, is set and the croissants are starting to brown. While the bread pudding is baking prepare the vanilla sauce.
• In a medium saucepan combine the butter, sugar, and cream. Whisk constantly over medium heat until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla.
• Allow the bread pudding to sit for at least 20 minutes before serving. Serve with warm vanilla sauce.

CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Set the custard mixture aside. Slice the croissants in half horizontally. In a 10 by 15 by 2 1/2-inch oval baking dish, distribute the bottoms of the sliced croissants, then add the raisins, then the tops of the croissants (brown side up), being sure the raisins are between the layers of croissants or they will burn while baking. Pour the custard over the croissants and allow to soak for 10 minutes, pressing down gently.
• Place the pan in a larger one filled with 1-inch of hot water. Cover the larger pan with aluminum foil, tenting the foil so it doesn't touch the pudding. Cut a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape. Bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for 40 to 45 more minutes or until the pudding puffs up and the custard is set. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Brandy cream sauce: 2 ounces butter 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed to paste with a little water 2-3 tablespoons brandy Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease a 9 X 11" casserole dish.
• Place half the croissants in the dish; sprinkle with raisins, and then top with remaining croissants.
• Beat the eggs till light, gradually adding the sugar until thick.
• Whisk in milk, cream, brandy, melted butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and salt. Pour mixture over the croissants, cover, and leave to absorb in the refrigerator for an hour or so (up to a day in advance). Before baking, bring to room temperature. Dot with butter (I didn't) and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• Serve immediately with sauce. Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and water and stir until boiling and sugar has dissolved.
• Add cream, vanilla, and cornstarch paste and stir until thickened, Lastly, add brandy.
• Sauce can be made in advance and reheated just before serving.
• The nice thing about this is that you can do everything in advance, and bake it while you are eating the main course.

RAISIN-BREAD AND CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter sides and bottom of 13x9" baking pan.
• Butter one side of each bread slice and layer in pan alternately with croissants (6 slices bread, croissant slices, 6 slices bread).
• In large bowl with an electric mixer set on med-high speed, beat eggs until slightly thickened, about 5 min.
• Add sugar and vanilla and beat at med. speed until thoroughly combined.
• reduce speed to low and add cream; mix until smooth.
• Pour egg-cream mixture over bread and croissant slices. the slices will absorb egg-cream mixture slowly, so continue adding liquid until all is in pan.
• In small bowl combine cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar. Sprinkle sugar-spice mixture over the bread pudding.
• Fill a baking pan larger than the 13x9" bread pudding pan halfway up with hot water. Place in oven, set bread pudding pan in the water bath.
• Bake 45-50 min. or until custard is set. When set, remove the bread pudding from the oven, and discard water in larger pan.
• Cool to room temperature. refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm.