Heavenly Lemon 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:

• 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.

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.

LEMON BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes. Spread out on a baking sheet to dry out for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Grease a 9-inch-by-13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Whisk together the half-and-half, eggs and lemon zest and juice. Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves. Put the bread cubes in the prepared baking dish. Pour the liquid over the bread. Let the bread soak up the liquid while you preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Bake until the crust is golden brown, 50 to 55 minutes. Let rest for at least 15 minutes.
• Serve warm with Bourbon Whipped Cream.
• Combine the heavy cream, sugar and bourbon in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer and begin mixing immediately on high speed until stiff, about 4 minutes.