This delectable dish is topped with warm, buttery apple bits for a mouthful that will transport you to an orchard. A variation of the traditional sweet casserole bread pudding is apple bread pudding. This meal makes for a warming autumn brunch dish or a large group's favourite dessert by combining warm baked apples with a comforting spiced custard and chunks of a day-old buttery brioche. This moist, spoonable pudding, which takes only an hour to prepare, is the ideal way to use up the last fall apples without having to make apple pie. The type of bread you use has a big impact on the texture of your bread pudding. Choose a loaf of bread with a sturdy crust that has been sitting on the counter for at least a day or more, such as French bread, challah, or sourdough. If you use fresh or overly soft bread, the overall texture will be mushy.
Here’s how you can make apple bread pudding at home:
Ingredients:
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 loaf of challah bread
• 2 cups diced apple
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ cup apple sauce
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon sugar
Method:
• Challah bread should be cut into cubes and left outside overnight or for a few hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray nonstick cooking spray on a 9x13-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the bread, apples, walnuts, and raisins.
• Eggs, applesauce, half-and-half sugars, vanilla, and spices should then be combined in a bowl. The bread mixture will soak for 15 minutes after being poured over.
• Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the mixture before spooning it into the buttered pan. Bake for 40 minutes.
• If desired, serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel topping after allowing it to slightly cool.
