Bread Pudding

Yield: 9 x 13
Cook Time: 60 minutes

Bread Pudding

By Jenni Melnyk October 28, 2015

Taste every flavour! Having been raised on the East Coast, bread pudding was a staple… but like most foods found on the East Coast, they can run a little plain.

Of course, as we experience more foods, our palate matures, and demands more from us in the way of wow-factor. This recipe does not disappoint. I could eat this all day long!

The sauce is to DIE for! Again, a sugar addict's best friend... but still!

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Ingredients

Bread pudding:
butter - 1/4 cp, melted
french bread baguette - 1 (10-ounce), cut into 1-inch-thick slices
raisins - 1/2 cp
granny smith apple - 1, diced
pecans - ½ cp finely chopped
1% low-fat milk - 1 3/4 cp
sugar - 1/2 cp
vanilla extract - 1 tbs
evaporated milk - 1 (12-ounce) can
eggs - 2 large, lightly beaten
cooking spray
Caramel sauce:
sugar - 1.5 cups
water - 2/3 water
butter - 1/4 cup, room temperature
low-fat cream cheese - ¼ cp, room temperature
irish whiskey - 1/4 cup (or substitute with apple sauce)
1% low-fat milk - 1/4 cup

Instructions

MAKE THE BREAD PUDDING: Preheat oven to 350°.
Brush melted butter on one side of French bread slices, and place bread, buttered sides up, on a baking sheet. Bake bread at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes, and set aside.
Sautee apples and set aside
Combine 1% milk and next 4 ingredients (1% milk through eggs) in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk.
Add bread cubes, apples, pecans and raisins, tossing gently to moisten; let stand 15 minutes.
Spoon bread mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until set
MAKE THE CARAMEL SAUCE: Combine sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.
Cook an additional 15 minutes (do not stir). Remove from heat.
Carefully add butter and cream cheese, stirring constantly with a whisk (mixture will be hot and bubble vigorously). Cool slightly, and stir in whiskey and milk.