Layered Almond Cream Cheese Bread Pudding With Amaretto Cream Sauce Food

BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place raisins in small bowl. Pour amaretto over and let soak 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Generously butter 12x9x2 baking pan. Place bread in a large bowl. Pour milk and half-and-half over. Let soak 5 min. Mash with fork or potato masher.
• Whisk eggs with sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon in medium bowl. Mix with bread, Add raisins, toss to coat. Transfer bread mixture to prepared pan.
• Bake until is deep golden-brown about 1 hour. Remove from oven, let cool.
• For Sauce
• Melt butter with both sugars in heavy medium saucepan, over low heat, stirring until sugars dissolve.
• Whisk egg in small bowl. Gradually whisk in some of melted butter mixture. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until smooth, 1 min. DO NOT BOIL * whisk in amaretto *.
• Spoon over warm bread pudding. Cut pudding into 12 to 16 pieces. Serve with Cool Whip if desired.

LAYERED ALMOND-CREAM CHEESE BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO CREAM SA

Steps:

• Coat a 13- x 9-inch pan with cooking spray. Arrange 4 1/2 bread slices in bottom of prepared pan, cutting slices as necessary to fit pan.
• Beat cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread half of cream cheese mixture over bread.
• Whisk together 1 1/4 cups almond filling and 1/2 cup melted butter. Spread half of almond mixture over cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers once, using 4 1/2 bread slices, remaining cream cheese mixture, and remaining almond mixture.
• Cut remaining bread slices into 1-inch cubes, sprinkle evenly over almond mixture.
• Whisk together remaining 8 eggs, remaining 2 teaspoons vanilla, half-and-half, and salt; pour over bread cubes. Cover and chill 30 minutes or until most of egg mixture is absorbed.
• Whisk together remaining 1/2 cup melted butter, 2 tablespoons almond filling, 2 tablespoons sugar, and egg yolk until blended. Drizzle evenly over bread pudding; sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until set. Serve warm or chilled with Amaretto Cream Sauce.
• Combine amaretto and cornstarch, stirring until smooth.
• Cook cream in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, just until bubbles appear; gradually stir in amaretto mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and boil, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Remove from heat; stir in sugar, and let cool completely.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 and grease a 9x13 pan(I use a disposable for easy clean up).
• Place bread cubes in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix together well, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, amaretto, cinnamon. Pour over bread and let soak for 10-20 minutes.
• Pour into buttered 9x13 dish and bake for 45 to 1 hour till center is done and browned on top(for moister pudding add another pan of water on the rack below).
• Cool 10 minutes before serving with sauce.
• For sauce: I always double this!
• Melt butter in a sauce pan. Wisk in powdered sugar, then amaretto.
• ENJOY!