Photo: Slow Cooked Winter Bread Pudding with Dried Pears Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 loaf (about 1 pound) whole-wheat multi-grain bread, preferably stale, cut into large cubes (about 6 cups)
- 1 quart (4 cups) half-and-half
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons whiskey or bourbon
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- 12 ounces dried pears or a combination of pears and apricots, chopped
Topping:
- 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon mixed together
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts or pecans, toasted
- Whipped cream or yogurt
Directions
If bread is not stale: Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the bread cubes out on a baking sheet and cook until toasted, about 10 minutes.
Whisk the half-and-half, eggs, sugar, whiskey, vanilla, salt and nutmeg together in a large bowl. Toss bread cubes and dried fruit together and place into the slow cooker. Pour custard over top and press down lightly until all bread is covered with custard.
Cover and cook on LOW until pudding puffs and is just set, about 3 1/2 hours. Remove insert from the slow cooker and cool on a rack, about 20 minutes.
Spoon pudding into large cups or bowls and sprinkle each serving with cinnamon sugar, and toasted nuts. Top with whipped cream or yogurt, if desired.
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By Don D
on March 18, 2011
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Not like mom's bred pudding. Almost gaged on the first bite. The alcohol really didn't help. The dried pears were tasteless. Will try again without the booze and useing raisin bread. No pears
By Amanda Van V.
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on October 30, 2010
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What a wonderful recipe! I made it for a party and it was a hit! Luckily there was some leftover that I had for breakfast the next day. : I couldn't find any dried pears, so I used dried pineapple and raisins instead, and it was awesome!
By feedingmore
on October 24, 2010
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I just made this recipe. It turned out flawless. I made half the proportion, and substituted the dried pears and apricots for a mixture of dried figs, cranberries and raisins that i had. Thank you Food Network! My first time making bread pudding; it took about 15 minutes of effort, used all the remaining heel bread pieces and dried fruit we had hanging around, and turned out perfect. a delight to make, watch and eat!
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