White Chocolate Bread Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300.
• Slice french bread into half inch round croutons and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and egg yolks.
• Whipe until well blended.
• In a large saucepan, combine whipping cream, milk, and sugar.
• Bring mixture to a low simmer, then add white chocolate.
• Whisk until chocolate is completely melted.
• Remove from heat and stir in whipped eggs.
• Blend thoroughly to keep eggs from scrambling.
• In a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish, place bread slices in 2-3 layers.
• Pour half the the cream mixture over the bread and allow it to soak up most of the mixture before adding the rest.
• Press the bread gently, allowing the cream mix to be evenly absorbed.
• Cover the dish and let it soak at last 5 hours prior to baking.
• Bake covered for 1 hour and then remove cover and bake another 45 minutes until top has browned.
• Note: This is best if chilled overnight, then cut into squares and reheated in individual portions in the microwave.
• Serve with caramel sauce.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Whisk the eggs, yolks and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk in the cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until well blended. Add the milk, cream and vanilla; whisk until smooth. Add the croissant pieces, pressing to submerge them in the custard. Let sit for 15 minutes to allow the croissants to absorb the custard.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 6-cup jumbo muffin tin with the butter.
• Stir the white chocolate chips into the croissant mixture, then evenly distribute the mixture among the muffin cups.
• Bake until puffed and just set, about 30 minutes. Cool on a rack for about 10 minutes, then remove the bread puddings from the tins. Serve warm, with whipped cream if desired.

WHITE CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• For the crumb base: Throw the cookies and melted butter into a food processor and pulverize. Spoon some into the bottom of the serving glasses and set aside.
• For the pudding: Combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a medium saucepan. Stir or whisk together. Pour in the milk and egg yolks and whisk together. Add the vanilla. Stir over medium heat until the mixture just barely comes to a boil and becomes thick, 6 to 8 minutes (maybe less, maybe more; just watch it!). The second it starts to bubble and thicken (note: it should be thick like pudding!), remove it from the heat. Add the white chocolate and butter and stir until everything is beautifully combined.
• Pour the pudding into the glasses on top of the crumb base. Serve warm or chill in the fridge for 2 hours. Decorate with grated semisweet chocolate.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredients (except white chocolate chips) in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select cycle; press Start. If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the white chocolate chips at the signal, or about 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Add the bread ingredients in the order given (or the recommended order for your bread machine) to the machine pan. Select Dough/Manual cycle. Do not use delay cycles.
• After bread machine turns off, remove dough from machine and place on lightly floured surface; cover. Let rest for 10 minutes. Mix white chocolate baking chips, almonds and sugar in a small bowl. Grease a large baking sheet (or 2 baking sheets). Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12 x 9- inch rectangle. Spread 1 tablespoon butter over each rectangle. Sprinkle with half the white chocolate mixture and cut cherries. Press into dough. Roll up dough from long side. Pinch loaf to seal bottom and ends. Place on baking sheet(s). Cover and let rise in warm place about 45 minutes or until double.
• Brush with egg. Bake on center rack of preheated 350°F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Note: if using 2 baking sheets, switch the position of the sheets half way through baking.
• Transfer loaf to wire rack placed on top of waxed paper. Cool. Mix glaze ingredients until smooth and of desired consistency. Drizzle each loaf with glaze.
• Note: A 10-ounce jar of maraschino cherries contains just enough cherries and juice for this recipe.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients into the bucket of your bread machine, reserving 1/3 cup of white chips or chunks for the topping. Program the machine for basic bread, light crust, and press Start. After about 10 minutes of kneading, examine the dough; it should be smooth and soft, not gnarly. Add additional water, if necessary; the bread will rise properly and have a beautiful, tender texture if it has the correct amount of liquid. Note: If the bread is coarse-textured and collapses, use slightly less liquid the next time.
• If you have a bread machine that seems to heat the dough a lot as it kneads, such as the Breadman, add half the chocolate at the beginning of the kneading cycle and half near the end, as otherwise it may all melt. Adding all of the chocolate at the beginning worked fine with the Zojirushi, which is a "cooler kneader" than Breadman.
• Chop or crush the reserved white chocolate. Just before the final rise cycle begins, brush the top of the loaf with water or beaten egg white, and sprinkle with the crushed white chocolate. (This step is optional, but if you like caramelized white chocolate, it really adds a nice touch.) Allow the machine to finish its cycle.
• Here's a helpful hint: Just before the final rise cycle begins, and before you brush the top with water or egg, lift the dough out of the machine, remove the paddles, and spritz the bucket with non-stick baking spray. The baked bread will release more easily from the pan, and only small holes will be left in the bottom, rather than the larger holes the paddles would have left.
• You could also form this dough into breakfast buns and glazed with vanilla frosting.
• To make buns, place all of the ingredients (except 1/3 cup of the white chocolate) into the bucket of your bread machine. Program the machine for dough or manual, and press Start. When the cycle is complete, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured or greased work surface. Divide the dough into 12 pieces, each weighing slightly more than 2 1/2 ounces. Shape the pieces into round balls, and place them on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving room between them for expansion. Cover and let rise for 30 to 45 minutes; the buns will be almost double in size, and be very soft looking. Gently brush the buns with water or beaten egg white, and sprinkle the reserved white chocolate over their tops. Bake the buns in a preheated 350°F oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until they're a light golden brown. Remove them from the oven, and cool them a bit on a wire rack. Spread while they're still warm with the following glaze, if desired.
• In a small saucepan set over low heat, or in the microwave, melt together the white chocolate, butter, honey, and milk or cream, stirring until smooth. Sift the sugar into the chocolate mixture, and stir; thin with a teaspoon or so of extra milk if necessary to make a smooth, spreadable glaze. Spread over the warm rolls, then allow them to cool for an hour or so, for the glaze to harden. Yield: 12 buns.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the milk, cream and sugar. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in chips until melted. In a large bowl, whisk eggs and vanilla. Gradually whisk in cream mixture. Add bread. Let stand for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally., Stir in apples. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 30 minutes longer or until a knife comes out clean., Meanwhile, for sauce, In a large saucepan combine the sugar, water, corn syrup and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 295° and mixture turns deep amber. , Remove from the heat; stir in cream. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture is smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 4 minutes. Stir in nuts and vanilla. Stir before serving. Serve warm with warm bread pudding.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING SOUFFLE'

Steps:

• Bring heavy cream to a boil in a saucepan; stir in white chocolate until smooth.
• Mix remaining ingredients together, except bread, and stir into cream mixture until fully incorporated.
• Grind up or slice bread thin; soak bread in the custard for a couple of hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a large baking pan and fill the pan with the bread pudding.
• Bake about 40 minutes, until the bread pudding is firm to the touch and golden brown on top.
• After pudding cools, crumble some by hand into a bowl (about 6 cups).
• Make a basic meringue with two egg whites and one-half cup of sugar. Whip the meringue to stiff peaks, and fold in to crumbled bread pudding.
• Fill four (16 oz) souffle' dishes full.
• Bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter.
• Add the eggs, heavy whipping cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, and salt to a large bowl. Mix until combined, then fold in the blueberries and 10 oz of chopped chocolate. Stir in the bread cubes and set aside for 5 minutes.
• Pour the mixture into your prepared baking dish and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pudding comes out mostly clean. The pudding will puff up in the oven, it's okay! Allow to cool down for 10 minutes before serving.
• Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate. Add 1 oz of chopped white chocolate into a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30-seconds increments until fully melted and smooth. Stir in between each increment. Drizzle over the top of your bread pudding and serve.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then grease & flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
• In large mixing bowl, cream shortening & sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in buttermilk, orange juice, lemon zest & vanilla.
• Stir in melted chips.
• In another bowl, whisk together flour, salt & baking soda, then gradually add to this to creamed mixture.
• Stir in cranberries.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan & bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan & cooling completely on wire rack.

WHITE CHOCOLATE PEAR AND FIG MORNING BREAD

Steps:

• Warm the milk in a saucepan on low heat to just warm. Stir in the sugar and yeast and set aside until bubbly and foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together the flour and salt in a large bowl and create a well. Stir in the yeast mixture, and then knead the dough in the bowl until smooth, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the white chocolate chips, figs and pears and knead a bit more to evenly distribute. Place in a greased bowl, cover and set aside to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Punch down the dough and lightly knead again. Turn into a greased 10-by-5-inch loaf pan. Allow to rise in the pan for 30 minutes more. Bake the loaf in the oven until the internal temperature reads about 190 degrees F, about 45 minute. Allow to cool about 5 minutes. Turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Slice and Serve.

WHITE-CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH POACHED CHERRIES

Steps:

• Make pudding:
• Butter an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Cut enough bread into 3/4-inch cubes to measure 6 cups. Chop chocolate.
• In a small heavy saucepan bring 1 cup cream just to a boil and add chocolate. Remove pan from heat and let mixture stand, covered, undisturbed. In another small heavy saucepan bring milk and remaining cup cream to a gentle simmer. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together whole eggs, yolks, sugar, and a pinch salt on medium speed 5 minutes. With mixer running, add milk mixture in a slow stream, beating until combined well. Whisk chocolate mixture until smooth and add with vanilla to egg mixture. Beat mixture until combined well.
• Arrange bread cubes in baking dish. Pour cream mixture over bread and with a spoon push bread down into mixture to coat evenly. Chill pudding, covered, 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Put baking dish in a large baking pan and add enough hot water to pan to reach halfway up sides of dish. Bake pudding in middle of oven 45 to 50 minutes, or until set and springy to the touch. Transfer pudding to a rack and cool 30 minutes before serving.
• Poach cherries while pudding is baking:
• In a saucepan bring wine, water, and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add cherries and remove pan from heat. Let mixture stand, covered, 1 hour. Drain cherries in a sieve and discard liquid.
• Serve pudding with cherries and whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE SHERBET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the crusts off the bread and cut into 1-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 minutes. Add the chopped chocolate and whisk until it melts completely.
• 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 and dried cherries, toss well, and let soak until almost all liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Fold the mixture occasionally to ensure even soaking.
• Divide the soaked bread among 6 ungreased individual baking dishes or 1 large baking dish. Arrange the puddings in a hot water bath. Bake until set and browning 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 and with the White Chocolate Sherbet.
• White Chocolate Sherbet: Place all the ingredients in a bowl over hot water and whisk to melt the chocolate and until smooth. Strain, then chill. Spin according to ice cream maker's instructions.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cut the brioche loaf into 1 inch dice. Place in a 2 quart baking dish. Drizzle with melted butter. Toss chunked white chocolate with bread cubes.
• Combine milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla bean and bring to a boil over medium heat until sugar is disolved. Whisk eggs until smooth. Add hot milk mixture to eggs slowly, stirring contsantly. Do not wisk or custard will have a great deal of foam on the surface. Skim foam from custard. Strain custard over bread and chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes to allow custard to soak into bread.
• Place baking dish in another larger pan. Pour hot water into larger dish to reach 1 inch up side of dish. Bake the bread pudding for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, until custard is set and brioche is golden.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°F. Arrange bread cubes on baking sheet. Bake until light golden and dry, about 10 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to rack; cool completely. Increase oven temperature to 350°F.
• Combine 3 cups whipping cream, 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup sugar in heavy large saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Add 10 ounces white chocolate (about 1 3/4 cups) and stir until melted and smooth. Whisk yolks and eggs in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in warm chocolate mixture.
• Place bread cubes in 2-quart glass baking dish. Add half of chocolate mixture. Press bread cubes into chocolate mixture. Let stand 15 minutes. Gently mix in remaining chocolate mixture. Cover dish with foil.
• Bake pudding 45 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer pudding to rack and cool slightly. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with foil and refrigerate. Rewarm covered pudding in 350°F oven for 30 minutes before serving.)
• Bring remaining 1/2 cup cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Remove saucepan from heat. Add remaining 8 ounces white chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
• Serve pudding warm with warm white chocolate sauce.