Heathers Apple Cranberry Bread Pudding Food

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 11 by 13-inch baking dish with room temperature butter.
• Place cubed brioche in the baking dish. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine diced apples with lemon juice, brown sugar and cranberries. Pour over bread.
• In a large bowl, whisk together half-and-half, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Pour custard over bread. Allow to saturate for a few minutes.
• Bake for 40 minutes until pudding sets. Serve with whipped cream.
• Place a medium bowl in the freezer for 1 hour before whipping cream.
• Add heavy cream to chilled bowl and whip with a hand mixer. Add liqueur and powdered sugar and combine well.

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan or skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the apples and cranberries and sauté 4-5 minutes or until soft. Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together the eggs, milk and brown sugar. Whisk in the vanilla and almond extracts. Add the cubed bread and apple cranberry mixture and stir until combined.
• Place the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Spread with a spatula into an even later. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the mixture is almost set.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the topping ingredients until combined.
• Remove the bread pudding from the oven and evenly sprinkle with the oat pecan mixture on top. Bake another 10-15 minutes or until the bread and egg mixture is completely set.
• Let sit until slightly cool, then scoop into bowls and top with maple syrup. Serve.

CREAMY CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the crusts off the bread and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. You should have about 3 1/2 cups of cubes. Arrange on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until light golden brown, about 10 minutes. Watch carefully to make sure they do not brown too much; set aside to cool. Leave the oven on.
• In a saucepan, heat the half-and-half, cream, salt, and vanilla bean over medium heat, stirring occasionally to make sure the mixture doesn't burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. When the cream mixture reaches a fast simmer (do not let it boil), turn off the heat. Set aside to infuse 10 to 15 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together. Whisking constantly, gradually add the hot cream mixture. Strain into a large bowl to smooth the mixture and remove the vanilla bean. Add the bread cubes, toss well and let soak until absorbed. Fold the mixture occasionally to ensure even soaking.
• In a small saucepan, heat the orange juice to a simmer. Add the cranberries and simmer until plumped and softened, about 5 minutes. Drain and reserve 1/4 cup for garnish.
• Fold in remaining 3/4 cup of cranberries into bread pudding mixture. Divide the mixture among 6 ramekins, custard cups, or dessert cups, (or use a deep baking dish). Divide the soaked bread among the dishes, then pour any remaining custard over the bread. Dot with remaining cranberries.
• Arrange the puddings in a hot water bath. Bake until set and golden brown on top, about 30 minutes for individual puddings and 40 to 45 minutes for 1 large pudding. Serve warm or chilled, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place bread and 2 cups sugar in mixing bowl.
• Pour milk over and mix well.
• Allow bread to soak up milk for about an hour.
• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar and cranberries.
• Cover with water and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Set aside to cool.
• Whisk together eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, rum and melted butter.
• Pour over bread cubes.
• Stir in apples, drained of their cooking liquid and the walnuts and cranberries.
• Pour entire mixture into baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until pudding is puffed and golden.
• Cool slightly, cut into squares and serve with lemon sauce recipe#74942.

APPLE BREAD PUDDING WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Peel, core and cut the apple in wedges and than in thin slices, sprinkle and mix with lemon juice and cinnamon. Heat up butter in a shallow pan over medium heat and sauté apple for 2-3 minutes to soften. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and honey granules until well combined. Whisk in the half-and-half, orange zest, and vanilla. Add the bread cubes and cranberries and mix well. Let stand for 15 minutes so the bread can soak up the custard then add the cooled down apples.
• Preheat oven to 325. Put your mixture into a buttered souffle pan. Place souffle pan into a roasting pan. Place both pans into the oven and fill the roasting pan with boiling water 1/2 way up the outside of the souffle pan. Bake for about 1 hour.

MAIDA HEATTER'S APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Adjust rack to middle of oven and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a shallow ovenproof baking dish with about a two-quart capacity (11 by 8 by 1 3/4 or 2 inches). Set aside.
• Place cranberries in bowl of cold water to wash, pick over them, and drain on a towel. Let stand.
• Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut each piece into one-half-inch chunks. In bowl mix cranberries with apples, pecans and sugar. Turn into baking dish and smooth top.
• In small bowl of an electric mixer beat eggs to mix. Beat in sugar then add flour and melted butter at the same time and beat until smooth. Pour batter evenly over bottom layer.
• Bake for about 50 minutes until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature, preferably with vanilla ice cream.

CRANBERRY APPLE PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• in a medium bowl, toss sliced apples with lemon juice and set aside.
• in a large bowl, beat the eggs till frothy and light in color. Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon and beat till smooth.
• Stir in the butter, half and half and brandy.
• Toss the apples, cranberries, pecans with the bread cubes.
• Place the bread mixture in a greased 9x5 loaf pan (or individual custard cups). Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread. Cover with foil and weigh down with a bag of rice or dried beans to encourage the bread to absorb the liquid. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325. Remove the foil and weights and place the pudding in a larger pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake for 55 minutes or till set.
• Increase oven temperature to 425 and bake 10 minutes more, till lightly browned. Serve warm with room temperature sauce.
• Vanilla Cream Sauce:.
• Combine milk (or cream) with flour and sugar in a saucepan. Add butter. Heat over medium high heat till it bubbles, stirring. Continue to heat gently till thickened. Stir in vanilla.