APPLE-RAISIN BREAD PUDDING

Apple-Raisin Bread Pudding image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 12

6 tablespoons unsalted butter (4 melted, 2 cold), plus more, softened, for baking dish
5 cups milk
6 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 one-day-old baguettes (about 1 pound), torn (or cut) into small pieces
2 red apples (such as Gala or Rome), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced lengthwise
1/4 cup dark raisins
1/4 cup golden raisins

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch (or other shallow 3-quart) baking dish. In a large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, orange zest, cinnamon, and salt; add bread. Cover with plastic wrap; weight with another bowl. Let stand until bread is soaked through, about 20 minutes.
Fold in apples, raisins, and 4 tablespoons melted butter; pour into prepared baking dish. Dot top of bread pudding with thin slivers of remaining 2 tablespoons cold butter.
Bake until pudding is set and lightly golden on top, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Serve warm.