Apple Pie Bread Pudding

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 3/4 lb Gala apples

• Refrigerated

  • 5 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 tsp Apple pie spice
  • 1 1/4 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Flour
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 14 oz French bread

• Dairy

  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 4 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 2 1/4 cups Whole milk

• Liquids

  • 1 cup Water

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Description

Ingredients

• 14 oz French bread (stale)
• 1¾ lb gala apples
• 4 Tbsp butter
• 2½ Tbsp flour
• 2 tsp apple pie spice
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 5 eggs
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 2¼ cups whole milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp apple pie spice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Optional: ice cream for serving

Directions

• About 24 hours before preparing this bread pudding, cut bread into ½ inch cubes and spread it out on a large baking sheet. Leave it out to get stale for about a day.
• Apple Pie Filling:
• Peel, core and dice apples.
• In a medium sauce pan, over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and stir well with a whisk. Add ¾ cup of brown sugar and stir well.
• Add diced apples, apple pie spice and water, stir and cover. Cook over medium heat until the apples are soft, stirring occasionally. (10-15 minutes.)
• Take off heat and strain through a strainer, saving the juices. You will be using the juice to top off cooked bread pudding.
• Let the cooked apples cool a bit.
• Bread Pudding:
• Preheat the oven to 375 and lightly grease a 9x13 casserole dish.
• Spread stale bread in the baking dish evenly. Spread apples all over the bread evenly. Move it around a little to let some apples get between the bread.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, milk, melted butter, vanilla extract, ½ cup of brown sugar, apple pie spice, and cinnamon.
• Pour egg mixture all over the bread and apples. Press down on bread lightly and put in the oven.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes. You can check for doneness by touching in the center, if it feels dense and firm, the eggs are cooked.
• Pull bread pudding out of the oven and pour saved juices from cooking apples all over the bread pudding.
• Serve bread pudding warm and with a school of vanilla ice cream on top.