Holiday Bread Pudding Recipes

GRIDDLED HOLIDAY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs. Then add milk, sugar, salt, cinnamon, baking mix, and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the dates, white chocolate morsels, dried cranberries, and pecans. Fold in the bread cubes and mix well. Let bread soak up the mixture for 5 minutes.
• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, scoop the bread pudding mixture, packing firmly. Place the scoop of bread pudding in the hot oil. Place a few in the skillet. Do not overcrowd, and leave room to flip the cakes.
• Cook until bottoms are browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and press down with a spatula until about 1/2 inch high. Brown the other side, 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove cakes and drain on cooling grate. Repeat until all bread pudding cakes are done.
• Prepare the sauce: Bring the heavy whipping cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Take off the heat and add white chocolate, cinnamon, and rum extract; stir until smooth and completely melted. Sauce will be fairly liquid. Pour over the bread pudding as desired.

HOLIDAY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Warm the rum in a small saucepan, add the candied fruit and set aside.
• Place one-half cup of the sugar with the water in a heavy saucepan or skillet, preferably one with a nonstick lining. Place over medium-high heat, bring to a boil and allow to cook until it turns a rich amber color. Immediately pour this caramel into a four-cup metal loaf pan that does not have a nonstick lining and tilt the pan so the bottom and sides become coated with caramel. Keep tilting the pan as the caramel cools so the coating is even.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cube the bread and place it in a bowl. Scald the milk and cream and pour over the bread. Stir. Fold in the candied fruit and rum and the pine nuts. Add the remaining sugar. Lightly beat the egg yolks and stir them in.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold into the bread pudding. Spoon the pudding into the caramel-lined pan. Place in the oven and bake for one hour.
• Allow to cool to room temperature and refrigerate overnight.
• Run a knife around the edges, unmold onto a platter and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk and butter over medium heat until butter is melted and milk is hot.
• In large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir in bread cubes and raisins. Stir in milk mixture. Pour into ungreased deep round pan.
• Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Serve warm with whipping cream.

BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish; set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange bread on a large, rimmed baking sheet. Bake until dry, about 14 minutes. Cool completely.
• Transfer bread cubes to the prepared baking dish.
• In a large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Pour over the bread cubes; gently toss to combine.
• Use a spatula to gently press down the bread so that it's mostly covered and saturated. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Remove the cover; bake until puffed and golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50-55 minutes.
• Let stand 30 minutes before serving. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired, and serve with bourbon sauce, vanilla ice cream, and/or whipped cream.

CHRISTMAS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the bread cubes, apples and cranberries. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. In a bowl, combine the egg yolks, eggs, cream, milk and sugar. Pour over bread mixture., Place dish in a larger baking dish. Fill larger dish with boiling water halfway up the sides. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from water bath. Cool for 15 minutes., For the cream sauce, in a saucepan, combine cream and sugar. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve warm with pudding.

SOUTHERN STYLE CHRISTMAS BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove crusts from bread and reserve. Cut bread slices into cubes. In a large bowl, beat eggs well. Add milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, Grand Marnier and mix well. Add cinnamon, juice, and lemon zest. Stir in cherries and raisins. Add bread cubes and stir until well coated. Let stand 30 minutes, stirring often. If mixture is soupy, you may need to add additional slices of white bread (crusts removed.) The mixture should be wet but not soupy. Pour into buttered baking dish, dusted with sugar. Prepare topping in a food processor. Add crusts, butter and brown sugar, pulsing until mixture is crumbly. Spread evenly over top of pudding. Bake in a water bath for 50 minutes covered with foil. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes or until brown on top. Serve with bourbon sauce.
• Mix eggs, butter, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and 1/2 cup bourbon. In top of a double boiler cook until temperature reads 165 on a thermometer. Beating constantly and being careful not to curdle eggs. Remove from heat and strain. In a mixer bowl, beat sauce until slightly cool, adding remaining bourbon a little at a time. Serve with bread pudding.

HOLIDAY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, blend well.
• Mixture should be moist, but not soupy.
• Pour into a buttered 9 x12 baking dish.
• Place into a non preheated oven.
• Bake 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until top is golden brown.
• Serve warm.