Peaches And ...? Bread Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 -12 plain croissants, a few days old,torn into chunks
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4-1 teaspoon freshly grated cinnamon
• 6 large egg yolks (freeze the whites for omelets)
• 2 large eggs
• 8 -10 peaches, pitted,peeled and chunked or 1 (28 ounce) can canned peaches, drained and chunked
• 1 cup berries, defrosted or perferably fresh (your choice, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, boysenberries even blackcherries)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 butter a 13 x 9 baking dish.
• 3 in a large sauce pan over low heat, combine cream, sugar, vanilla and salt, stirring till warm, (no boiling), stir in cinnamon.
• 4 add croissants to mix, stirring to saturate.
• 5 chill about 30 minutes.
• 6 with an electric mixer, blend egg yolks and eggs.
• 7 gently stir into croissant mixture, fold peaches and berries into mix.
• 8 pour mix into baking dish.
• 9 bake for 1- 1 1/2 hours or until pick inserted comes out clean.
• 10 cool, serve topped with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream.