CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD PUDDING

Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding image

Provided by JanetB-KY

Categories Dessert

Time 4h30m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

6 extra large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted (no substitutions)
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons orange zest
1/2 cup orange juice concentrate, non diluted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 loaves kings Hawaiian bread, all crusts removed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes (24 ounces, I just tear it into small pieces after i take the crusts off it makes for much less work)
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped cranberries
5 tablespoons orange marmalade

Steps:

In large bowl,whisk eggs, add sugar and beat well.
Add the milk and cream, melted butter, vanilla, o.j.,,orange zest, cinnamon and salt and whisk until well blended Add bread cubes and stir extremely well with a spoon.
Cover with plastic wrap and put into the fridge.
After it has soaked 1 1/2 hours, remove from fridge, stir it well, re-cover it and put it back, letting it soak for another hour and a half.
Spray a 13 X 9 inch pan with cooking spray.
Take pudding out of the fridge, stir vigorously.
Add cranberries and stir, mixing well.
Pour half of the pudding into the prepared pan.
With a spoon, put globs of the marmalade in rows up and down the pudding. (If you like marmalade, feel free to put extra; if you don' like it at all, feel free to omit it).
Carefully spoon rest of pudding into pan; it will be very full so be careful.
Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for approximately 50 minutes.
Test for doneness by inserting a knife into the center of the pudding. If, when pulled out, there is no liquidy custard clinging to it, it is done.
Serve slightly warm or cold. We like it better after it has been refrigerated for a few hours-- texture is just better when it is cold.