APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 11 by 13-inch baking dish with room temperature butter.
• Place cubed brioche in the baking dish. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine diced apples with lemon juice, brown sugar and cranberries. Pour over bread.
• In a large bowl, whisk together half-and-half, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Pour custard over bread. Allow to saturate for a few minutes.
• Bake for 40 minutes until pudding sets. Serve with whipped cream.
• Place a medium bowl in the freezer for 1 hour before whipping cream.
• Add heavy cream to chilled bowl and whip with a hand mixer. Add liqueur and powdered sugar and combine well.

CRANBERRY APPLE PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• in a medium bowl, toss sliced apples with lemon juice and set aside.
• in a large bowl, beat the eggs till frothy and light in color. Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon and beat till smooth.
• Stir in the butter, half and half and brandy.
• Toss the apples, cranberries, pecans with the bread cubes.
• Place the bread mixture in a greased 9x5 loaf pan (or individual custard cups). Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread. Cover with foil and weigh down with a bag of rice or dried beans to encourage the bread to absorb the liquid. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325. Remove the foil and weights and place the pudding in a larger pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake for 55 minutes or till set.
• Increase oven temperature to 425 and bake 10 minutes more, till lightly browned. Serve warm with room temperature sauce.
• Vanilla Cream Sauce:.
• Combine milk (or cream) with flour and sugar in a saucepan. Add butter. Heat over medium high heat till it bubbles, stirring. Continue to heat gently till thickened. Stir in vanilla.

AUNT IDA'S APPLE CRANBERRY NOODLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Set oven rack in the middle position; preheat oven to 350°.
• Coat a 13 x 9 inch ovenproof glass baking dish with vegetable spray.
• Cook noodles in a large pot of boiling water for 7-10 minutes, or until just tender.
• Drain noodles and rinse under cold water.
• Place noodles in a big bowl.
• Add in melted butter, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Whisk eggs with pineapple juice to blend, add to noodles, and stir to combine; set aside.
• Mix the remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon with remaining 1/4 cup sugar and toss with apples in another bowl.
• Spread half of the noodles in prepared baking dish; add all of the apples in an even layer.
• Spread cranberry sauce over the apples.
• Sprinkle evenly with walnuts.
• Layer remaining noodles on top.
• Topping: toss melted butter with walnuts to coat and scatter over top of pudding.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until pudding is bubbling and top is golden brown.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Store leftovers in a clean dish covered with wax paper in the refrigerator.

APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place bread and 2 cups sugar in mixing bowl.
• Pour milk over and mix well.
• Allow bread to soak up milk for about an hour.
• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar and cranberries.
• Cover with water and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Set aside to cool.
• Whisk together eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, rum and melted butter.
• Pour over bread cubes.
• Stir in apples, drained of their cooking liquid and the walnuts and cranberries.
• Pour entire mixture into baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until pudding is puffed and golden.
• Cool slightly, cut into squares and serve with lemon sauce recipe#74942.

APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Peel, quarter, core and slice the apples.
• Put them in a saucepan with the brown sugar, cinnamon and cranberries bring to the boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour this mixture into a greased ovenproof dish, 3 inch deep, 9 inch diameter, (the dish needs to be deep to avoid fruit bubbling out during baking).
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the beaten eggs a little at the time and incorporating them well before adding more egg.
• Fold in the ground almonds.
• Spoon this almond cake mix on top of the apple-cranberry mixture in the dish and even it out a little bit.
• Put the dish in the oven and bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

MAIDA HEATTER'S APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Adjust rack to middle of oven and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a shallow ovenproof baking dish with about a two-quart capacity (11 by 8 by 1 3/4 or 2 inches). Set aside.
• Place cranberries in bowl of cold water to wash, pick over them, and drain on a towel. Let stand.
• Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut each piece into one-half-inch chunks. In bowl mix cranberries with apples, pecans and sugar. Turn into baking dish and smooth top.
• In small bowl of an electric mixer beat eggs to mix. Beat in sugar then add flour and melted butter at the same time and beat until smooth. Pour batter evenly over bottom layer.
• Bake for about 50 minutes until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature, preferably with vanilla ice cream.