Apple and Spice, Naughty and Nice Bread Pudding

anme's Note:

A tasty and comforting dish that is sure to please, can be made ahead in a large 9x13 OR in muffin tins!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 6 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2-2 cups apples
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 -4 cups stale bread cubes

Crumble

• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Sauce for the Grown Ups (Naughty)

• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liqueur

Sauce for the Little Ones (Nice)

• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x13 pan (may need to use 2 pans, like a 9x13 and an 8x8, if your bread slices are big) or if making bread pudding muffins grease 12 muffin tins.
2. Place bread cubes in a bowl.
3. Mix together apple, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar (if using any, I find it too sweet when I add suagr but others in my family like this with added sugar), 6 eggs, and both milks, almond extract, and vanilla in a a separate bowl. Pour this mixture over bread cubes and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
4. Pour into bread mixture into the greased dish or muffin tins.
5. Combine crumble ingredients until it looks like crumbly and sprinkle over bread pudding.
6. Bake for 30 minutes for muffins or 40-50 minutes for 9x13 dish OR until set, watch carefully!
7. Sauce for the Grown Ups:.
8. Combine chips, butter, and heavy cream and melt in microwave until melted (Stirring every 30 seconds).
9. Then mix in liqueur and serve over bread pudding!
10. Sauce for the Little Ones:.
11. Mix syrup and butter and place in microwave until melted (stirring every 30 seconds).
12. Then stir in the brown sugar and microwave again until dissolved (stirring every 30 seconds).
13. You may make this dish ahead and leave in the fridge over night, then bake in the morning.

Reviews

[soursugar]

First off... best crumble topping ever! But if you are going to make this in muffin tins as I did I HIGHLY recommend putting the tin on a baking sheet or you'll end up with burnt sugar and butter all over the bottom of your oven (like I did). I made the Nice sauce naughty by adding a splash of amaretto (I don't like coffee and thought the maple would go best with the recipe) and I heated it on the stove top, not in the microwave.

[bluemoon downunder]

YUMMY! And very easy to follow instructions. I made the Naughty version - in muffin pans. They looked - and tasted - just so delicious. I used raisin bread and omitted the raisins as a separate ingredient, and I reduced the sugar by half and added an additional 1/4 cup of the pecans in the crumble. In the Naughty sauce, I used a good quality dark chocolate roughly chopped instead of the chocolate chips, so my guess that made mine even Naughtier! I also used low fat cream without compromising flavour; well, to our taste anyway. Loved the blend of flavours in the puddings themselves and loved the coffee liqueur in the sauce. Definitely a recipe I'll be making again. Thank you for sharing it, Anme. Made for PRMR.

[GaylaV]

We enjoyed this dessert. I thought the chocolate overwhelmed the apples in the pudding but perhaps I had too much on my serving. I suggest going light on the chocolate, at least to start. I think I may have preferred the other sauce and will give that a try tomorrow. At any rate it was a lovely taste treat. Thank you for sharing your recipe. This was made for PRMR.