Apple Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon butter, for baking dish
• 2 baking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/3 cup sugar (you may want more or less depending on the apples being used.) or 1/3 cup splenda sugar substitute (you may want more or less depending on the apples being used.)
• 2 tablespoons wine or 2 tablespoons apple juice
• 2 cups bread (slightly stale baguette is ideal)
• 1 1/2 cups light cream (fat free half & half works great if using milk add a little butter.)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• orange zest or lemon zest

Recipe

• 1 variation; try adding some dried fruit, such as apricots, cherries or dates to the pudding with the apples.
• 2 butter a 5-cup ovenproof dish with butter.
• 3 place apples in bottom of dish, then sprinkle half of the sugar over them.
• 4 pour wine or apple juice over the apples.
• 5 add the bread slices, pushing down with your hands to flatten them slightly.
• 6 mix the cream with eggs, the remaining sugar, and pour over the bread.
• 7 add zest to the top, over bread and egg mixture.
• 8 set aside and to soak for a minimum of 30 minutes.
• 9 bake in preheated 350-degree oven for about 25 minutes, until golden and set (inserted knife comes out clean).