Peanut Butter Bread Pudding With Coffee Liqueur Sauce Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place the milk, sugar, and vanilla beans into a heavy pot and bring to a boil. Turn off immediately and let the milk steep with the vanilla beans for 30 minutes. Whisk the yolks until smooth and slowly temper your hot-milk mixture into them, whisking continuously. Immediately pour the cream into the mix and put into an ice bath until cool.
• With a standing mixer or by hand, mix the peanut butter and honey together until homogenous. Reserve 1/2 cup of this mix to be heated and served as a sauce with the pudding.
• Assembling the pudding:
• Place sliced bread in a 8x10 Pyrex or metal pan that has been lined with a piece of parchment paper to cover bottom of pan. Spread on top 1/2 of the peanut butter mix and then 1 cup of strawberry jam. Place another layer of the bread on top of the jam and then repeat the layers. Finish with a final layer of bread and press down firmly on the top of the bread to make sure that the pudding is totally "together." Pour 8 cups of the custard over the top of the pudding as follows: To ensure that the entire pudding gets saturated, poke holes with a knife or a wooden skewer through the top of the pudding. Pour 2 cups of the custard on top and let that soak in for 10 minutes. Then pour 2 more cups, allow it to soak in, and repeat process until all the custard has been used. Allow it to sit in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. This will help to produce a uniform pudding, i.e., all the pieces equally saturated.
• Baking the pudding:
• When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F and cover the pudding with a piece of foil that has been lightly buttered. Place the pudding into a water bath so that the water reaches halfway up the side of the pan. Bake for 1 hour and then check to make sure the pudding is fully set - a finger pressed into the middle of the pudding should come away dry without any custard on it. If it isn't set, bake for another 10 minutes and check again. Remove the foil and continue baking for another 20 minutes so that the top has a lovely brown, crunchy crust.
• Remove from the oven and the water bath and refrigerate until cool. Run a sharp knife around the edges of the pudding, place a pan over the top of it, and quickly invert it. Cut it into 8 slices and invert them so that the crust is on top.
• Serving the pudding
• Before serving, preheat the oven to 400°F and place the pieces of pudding in the oven to warm for 5 minutes. Place warmed pudding directly onto a plate that has been drizzled with the warm peanut butter mixture and warmed strawberry jam. Serve immediately. Can be served with a dollop of whipped cream or just a dash of confectioner's sugar.

PEANUT BUTTER BREAKFAST BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
• BREAK eggs into a large bowl; whisk until well combined. Add milk, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; whisk until well combined. Add peanut butter; whisk until well mixed.
• CUT or tear bread into 1-inch squares and add to bowl. Add raisins and gently stir to mix well. Pour bread mixture into prepared baking pan.
• BAKE until the mixture is set and the top is golden brown (about 25 minutes). Remove from oven and place on a baking rack to cool.
• SERVE warm, spooned into bowls and topped with fruit yogurt.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING W/ PEANUT BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Butter a 10 x 14-inch deep baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the butter and set aside.
• Whisk together the eggs, vanilla, salt, milk, and cream, sugar, cocoa and instant espresso powder in a large bowl until well combined. Add half the chopped chocolate and chips along with the bread and fold to blend thoroughly and bread is moist. Pour into the prepared baking dish. top with remaining chocolate bits.
• Cover with foil and set aside in refrigerate over night.
• Preheat the oven to 325°F Bake for 45 min to 1 hour until firm, remove cover and bake for additional 10 min until top is brown.
• Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Peanut Butter Sauce: Melt REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips with milk and whipping cream in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth.
• Stir in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• Cool to room temperature. (yields 1 cup).

PEANUT BUTTER BREAD PUDDING WITH COFFEE LIQUEUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Lightly butter 13x9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish.
• In medium saucepan, combine milk and cream. Cook over medium heat until bubbles just begin to appear around edges; remove from heat.
• In large bowl, whisk together eggs, 2 egg yolks, sugar and salt. Slowly add milk mixture, whisking constantly. Whisk in 1/2 cup of the peanut butter and vanilla.
• Spread remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter over one side of the bread slices; arrange in baking dish, peanut butter side up. Pour egg mixture over bread (slices will float).
• Cover and refrigerate 1 hour. Heat oven to 350°F Place baking dish in large roasting pan or broiler pan; pour hot tap water into roasting pan, almost halfway up sides of baking dish. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until top is puffed and knife inserted in center comes out almost clean. Let stand 30 minutes; serve warm.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Stir in brown sugar and liqueur; cook 2 minutes or until brown sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; let stand 1 minute to cool slightly.
• Whisk in 2 beaten egg yolks. Return to low heat; cook 4 to 5 minutes or until mixture coats back of spoon, stirring constantly. Strain through fine sieve, if necessary. Serve warm sauce over pudding.