White Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix the pudding mix, milk, and sweetened condensed milk and blend well. Fold in the whipped topping, bananas, and white chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate overnight. Serve in individual serving cups. Garnish with white chocolate chips and vanilla wafers.

BANANA-CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, stir together granulated sugar, cornstarch and water. Stir in 1/2 cup of the strawberries. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until slightly thickened. Cool 10 minutes. Stir in remaining 1 cup strawberries. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch quiche dish or 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat bananas, brown sugar, soymilk, egg product and vanilla with wire whisk until smooth. Fold in bread and 2 tablespoons of the chocolate chips. Spread in quiche dish. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and set.
• Cut warm bread pudding into wedges. Serve warm pudding with strawberry sauce. Garnish with whipped topping. Cover and refrigerate any remaining bread pudding.

CHOCOLATE CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray muffin cups or brownie pan with cooking spray.
• Mix milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Scrape the insides from each vanilla bean half into the milk mixture. Stir milk mixture until smooth and light yellow in color. Carefully stir croissant pieces into milk mixture until all pieces are wet; let soak for at least 10 minutes.
• Fold chocolate chips into croissant mixture. Spoon croissant mixture into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes. Cool pudding for 30 minutes to 1 hour; transfer to a plate and sift powdered sugar over each.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in bread, bananas, and chocolate chips, and let rest 5 minutes for bread to soak. Pour into prepared pan.
• Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place loaf pan on towel inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with water to reach halfway up the sides of the loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

BANANA MACADAMIA NUT BREAD PUDDING W/ WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Butter a 10 x 14-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the butter and set aside.
• Melt the remaining 8 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 cup of the brown sugar and the cinnamon and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Add the bananas and cook on both sides, turning, until the bananas start to soften and brown, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Whisk together the eggs, remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, milk, and cream in a large bowl. Add the cooled banana mixture, nuts, and bread and fold to blend thoroughly. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
• 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.
• For the white chocolate sauce: bring the 1/4 cup sugar, milk, cream, vanilla seeds and empty bean pod almost to a boil in a med sauce pan then remove the bean pod.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the 2 tablespoons sugar, cornstarch and egg yolks in a mixing bowl. Stir until smooth. Gradually add the 3 tablespoons of heavy cream. Add one fourth of the hot milk mixture to the egg yolk mixture. Pour this back into the cream mixture in saucepan.
• Cook over a gentle heat, whisking continuously to avoid scorching. Cook until the sauce begins to thicken. Remove from heat and pour the sauce back into the mixing bowl through a fine mesh strainer over white chocolate. Mix until chocolate is melted and sauce is smooth. Cool over an ice bath, stirring occasionally (makes 5 cups).
• To serve, scoop the pudding onto dessert plates. Top each serving with a small scoop of ice cream, drizzle with sauce, and serve immediately.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND CHERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In large mixing bowl, toss together baguette slices, white chocolate, and dried cherries. Set aside.
• In second large mixing bowl, stir together sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Measure out 1/4 cup of mixture into small bowl and set aside.
• In third large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, milk, and vanilla. Whisk egg mixture into larger bowl of sugar mixture, then pour over bread-chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
• Pour batter into 9- by 13- by 2-inch baking pan and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup sugar mixture. Scatter butter cubes over top and bake until golden brown and just set in middle, 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and spread cherry jelly evenly over top. Serve warm or at room temperature.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease and 8-inch square cake pan.
• Place the milk and 1/2 cup of the cream in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Be careful not to let it boil over. Place the eggs, egg yolks, 1/2 cup of the sugar, salt, and vanilla in a bowl and gradually add the milk mixture, whisking all the while. Add the melted chocolate and mix until it is fully incorporated.
• Place the bread cubes in the prepared pan and pour the custard over it, pressing down to dunk them. Let rest at least 15 minutes and up to an hour for the bread to absorb the custard.
• Pour the remaining 1/2 cup cream over the top and sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and transfer to the oven. Bake until the pudding is firm and a knife inserted comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with caramel sauce, a dollop of sweetened whip cream or ice cream, and sliced bananas.