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Some puddings call for a water bath when you bake them. This one doesn't.

Cherry-Almond Bread Pudding

7 cups croissants (fresh or stale), torn in 1" pieces*
1 cup dried sour cherries*
1/2 cup melted butter
4 eggs, extra-large
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. almond extract*
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups half-n-half or heavy cream (better with cream)
2 cups whole milk

Preheat oven to 350°.

Grease a 9"x13" glass baking dish. Place half of bread in dish, sprinkle dried fruit if using next and top with remaining bread. Drizzle melted butter over the bread and do not mix. Set aside.

Beat eggs lightly in large mixing bowl. Add sugar, nutmeg and vanilla mixing together in bowl. Add all milks to bowl lightly beating everything together. Pour mixture over bread cubes and let soak for 15 minutes. Gently pat bread into custard with back of spoon.

Bake for 55 minutes, checking after 45 minutes to make sure it's not too brown. If it is, top with foil and bake for 15 minutes longer.

NOTE: Heavy cream makes this better.

This is an option:

white bread for croissants*
1/2 cup raisins for dried sour cherries*
nutmeg for almond extract*

EDIT: I had a typo of 4 minutes instead of 45 minutes.
 

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Lilac said:
Some puddings call for a water bath when you bake them. This one doesn't.

Cherry-Almond Bread Pudding

7 cups croissants (fresh or stale), torn in 1" pieces*
1 cup dried sour cherries*
1/2 cup melted butter
4 eggs, extra-large
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. almond extract*
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups half-n-half or heavy cream (better with cream)
2 cups whole milk

Preheat oven to 350°.

Grease a 9"x13" glass baking dish. Place half of bread in dish, sprinkle dried fruit if using next and top with remaining bread. Drizzle melted butter over the bread and do not mix. Set aside.

Beat eggs lightly in large mixing bowl. Add sugar, nutmeg and vanilla mixing together in bowl. Add all milks to bowl lightly beating everything together. Pour mixture over bread cubes and let soak for 15 minutes. Gently pat bread into custard with back of spoon.

Bake for 55 minutes, checking after 4 minutes to make sure it's not too brown. If it is, top with foil and bake for 15 minutes longer.

NOTE: Heavy cream makes this better.

This is an option:

white bread for croissants*
1/2 cup raisins for dried sour cherries*
nutmeg for almond extract*
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Oh, this recipe looks good! I would choose the croissants, dried sour cherries and almond extract.
And the heavy cream! I just might have to make the time to do this recipe before Christmas.
Thanks Lilac :)
 

LadyEmeraude said:
BREAD PUDDING. Does anyone have a favorite recipe they would
like to share. Bread pudding can be very basic. But I just love it be
Holidays or not. Make from scratch or your favorite Bakery...
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I‘ll check my recipes and put it in that forum. This is supposedly the one that Steve Wynn’s mother made. I think I made it once. A little high in calories. It was the only dessert I ate every time I dined in one of his Vegas buffets.
 
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Jules said:
I‘ll check my recipes and put it in that forum. This is supposedly the one that Steve Wynn’s mother made. I think I made it once. A little high in calories. It was the only dessert I ate every time I dined in one of his Vegas buffets.
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I'll go find it now....
 

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