Heavenly Bread Pudding Recipes

HEAVENLY LEMON BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter the bottom only of a 2-quart casserole or soufflé dish.
• Combine bread cubes and lemon zest in large bowl.
• Set aside.
• Combine whipping cream, milk, sugar, butter and salt in a heavy saucepan.
• Over medium heat, cook until butter melts, stirring occasionally.
• Pour over bread mixture, and toss.
• Allow to cool.
• Lightly beat the egg yolks, then beat in the lemon juice, and stir into the bread mixture.
• Set aside.
• Beat egg whites in large bowl of electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Do not overbeat.
• Gently fold egg whites into bread mixture.
• Pour bread mixture into prepared dish, and bake for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean.
• The top of the pudding should be golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar, if desired.
• Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.
• NOTE:*If your bread is less than a day old, you can"age" it by placing slices in a 300°F oven for 15 or 20 minutes, or until some of the moisture is baked out.

HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Lightly spray a 9 inch deep dish, and preheat oven to 350.
• Slice cake and lay on cookie sheet, place into oven for 15 minutes.
• In a bowl beat the 2 eggs and egg yolk together.
• In a medium bowl combine the milk and half and half, and the pudding ; stir well.
• Add the eggs to the pudding mixture, add the vanilla.
• In the prepared deep dish add a few slices of cake.(Cake can be cut to fit.)
• Next sprinkle some nuts and chocolate chips, saving some of each for the topping. Repeat layers until cake is gone.
• Top with nuts and chocolate chips. Pour pudding mixture over the top. Press cake down to soak every piece.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, or until set.

RAISIN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
• Butter the bottom of an 8-inch square ceramic or glass baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar over the bottom of the baking dish.
• Butter the slices of bread and dice. Sprinkle diced bread over the brown sugar.
• Sprinkle raisins over the top of the diced bread.
• Sprinkle cinnamon over the top of the raisins.
• Add eggs, milk, salt and vanilla to a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until frothy about a minute or two.
• Pour mixture over the bread. Do not stir.
• Heat water to simmering in a saucepan or teapot. Pour hot water into the bottom of a separate 10x8x3 inch baking dish or one large enough to accommodate the 8-inch square baking dish. Fill halfway with water.Place the 8-inch square baking dish inside the baking dish half filled with hot water.
• Bake for 1 hour. Serve warm with whipped cream. Garnish with ground cinnamon and raisins.

HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven up to 350°F.
• Cut slices of bread into cubes.
• In a saucepan, heat the milk, and butter but do not allow to boil.
• Add the vanilla and sugar, when a bit cooled.
• Pour part of the milk mixture into the beaten eggs and whisk until all blended.
• Pour this mixture back into the milk mixture in the saucepan.
• Add the baking powder and blend until smooth.
• Lay the cubes of bread onto a 8x8 baking dish and pour over it the liquid prepared above.
• Wait 5 minutes for the bread to saturate with mixture.
• Sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until it browns.
• Serve it with a scoop of ice-cream, otherwise, serving with custard sauce is receommended.

MELISSA'S HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1)Break bread into large pieces and place into greased/ buttered 9 x 13 inch pan. 2)Sprinkle raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg over bread pieces. 3)In a large saucepan, combine milk, sugar and butter; heat to boiling point; ensuring that you stir the mixture constantly as the mixture will rise when heated. 4)Remove from heat; add beaten eggs. (Be careful that the milk mixture is not so HOT that it could curdle the eggs.) 5)Add Vanilla Extract; mix and pour over bread, making sure that the bread is soaked thoroughly. 6)Sprinkle more cinnamon and nutmeg over the pudding, if desired. 7)Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until knife inserted in middle of pudding comes out clean. 8)Enjoy!