Spiced Apple-Wheat Bread Pudding

By: Veytz (View Profile)

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter
3 red apples, peeled, cored, and diced
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
1 pack all purpose cream
2 eggs, lightly beaten
10 cups diced bread
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Cream-Caramel Sauce:

2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 pack of all purpose cream
3 tablespoons sugar

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F.

2. Grease a spring form pan with butter and set aside.

3. Sauté first four ingredients in a pan over low heat for three minutes. Set aside.

4. Heat remaining butter, sugar, vanilla, all purpose cream, and cinnamon until smooth. Let cool. Whisk in eggs.

5. In a bowl, toss bread in cinnamon-cream mixture until well-blended.

6. Fold in cooked apples and pour into greased pan. Top with mixed brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts. Bake for forty-five minutes or until top is golden in color and firm to the touch.

7. To make the sauce, melt sugar in a dry pan over medium heat until golden in color. Swirl in butter until melted. Add in cream and remaining sugar and cook over low heat until caramel is melted and mixture is thick.

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posted: 08.04.2008
Mark Roddey
Excellent variation of a classic bread pudding. You and my Grandma were kindred spirits when it came to country style bread pudding.
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