bread pudding bake off


leslie and i had lots of bread left over from monday's crostini fun, so we decided to take a couple bags home and try bread pudding. i'm not sure what leslie did with hers, but i made a simple bread pudding recipe thursday night. it was good- simple- but not note worthy. some almond and vanilla extract with orange flavoured cranberries were good, but eh. the real winner was Vermont Maple Bread Pudding with Walnut Praline from 2004 Bon Apetit that i made for friends friday night. It was wonderful with a scoop or vanilla ice cream, but could also be rather lovely for a brunch. this isn't health conscious, but sometimes ya gotta live a little and love that the stale bread is soaking in a quart of whipping cream. the maple syrup makes it sweet but i don't think people would complain. even people who had never had bread pudding before, despite their initial looks, absolutely loved it.

3 comments

  1. well... now there's a face! anticipating the goodness yet awkward with expectations... you absolutely surpassed my first bread pudding hopes and dreams. thanks for the love, lb, thanks for the love...

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  2. LOVE bread pudding - I have a fantastic chocolate (Bon App, too!) recipe if you need one. Did you make the praline for the bread pudding also? Definitely going to have to give this one a try... maybe with creme anglaise?

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  3. kara- not sure if this will alert you, but i did make the pralines, i'm just not so sure my candy skills are up to par and the pudding itself was so warm and delicious i didn't really want a crunch to it. yeah- a sauce to cut some of the sweet but still be maple friendly would be nice. i'd be up for trying out choc sometime...maybe with a mexican chocolate sauce?! mmm that sounds wonderful.

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