Christmas Bread Pudding
Christmas Bread Pudding: A moist bread pudding filled with fresh apples and dried or fresh cranberries. Like eating a fluffy delicious apple pie…FOR BREAKFAST! The perfect Christmas morning treat! Serve at a breakfast buffet.
How to Make Christmas Bread Pudding
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place rack in the middle of the oven.
- Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with non stick cooking spray.
- Place the bread cubes in a large mixing bowl and add the cream and milk.
- Let stand for five minutes.
- Then stir in the beaten eggs, sugar, vanilla, and melted and cooled butter.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.
- Stir this mixture into the bread cube mixture and then fold in the cranberries and apple chunks.
- Pour into prepared baking dish.
- Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes, uncover and bake an additional 40 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown.
- Place on a wire rack to slightly cool.
Can I Make Bread Pudding The Night Before?
YES! The longer the bread can sit and absorb the delicious custard the more the bread pudding will be light and fluffy.
- DIRECTIONS
- Pour bread pudding in prepared baking dish.
- Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
- Place COLD bread pudding in COLD oven
- Heat to 350°
- Start counting baking time when the oven reaches the 350°. The heating of the oven will allow the bread pudding to heat up as well .
- Bake covered 30 minutes, uncover and bake an additional 40 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown.
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Christmas Bread Pudding
This easy to make bread pudding is packed with the flavors of christmas and can be made the night before.
Ingredients
- 14 cups or 1 large loaf of Challah bread cubes, cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups half & half or light cream
- 8 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 2 Small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced
Optional Toppings:
- confectioners' sugar
- maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Place rack in the middle of the oven.
- Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with non stick cooking spray.
- Place the bread cubes in a large mixing bowl and add the cream and milk.
- Let stand for five minutes.
- Then stir in the beaten eggs, sugar, vanilla, and melted and cooled butter.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.
- Stir this mixture into the bread cube mixture and then fold in the cranberries and apple chunks.
- Pour into prepared baking dish.
- Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes, uncover and bake an additional 40 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown.
- Place on a wire rack to slightly cool.
Optional: Dust with confections sugar and drizzle maple syrup on top before serving.
How to Make Christmas Bread Pudding the Night Before:
- Pour bread pudding in preapred baking dish.
- Cover with foil and refrigerate overngiht.
- Place COLD bread pudding in a COLD oven.
- Heat to 350°.
- Start counting baking time when the oven reaches the 350° (the heating of the oven will allow the bread pudding to heat up as well).
- Bake covered 30 minutes, uncover and bake an additional 40 minutes or until fluffy and golden brown.
Notes
This recipe is from Lady Behind The Curtain
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Oh my! Challah bread, cream…I could eat every bite of this amazing dish! I’d love it if you shared this at Holiday Best at Tumbleweed Contessa. This is sure to be a hit, Sheryl.
Thanks for sharing this.
Linda
I love this recipe. Thank you.
Thanks LIz, It’s so good you really don’t need any syrup. 🙂
Can I make this the night before?
Yes Connie, You can make it the night before. You might have to adjust the baking time, since the bread pudding will be ice cold.