Restaurant Recipes
Disney's Contemporary Resort Bread Pudding
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 day-old challah bread or other egg bread (cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 8 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 quart Half-and-Half
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- Whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in cup.
- Toss bread, melted butter, raisins and cinnamon-sugar mixture in large bowl to coat. Spread in prepared pan.
- Whisk eggs lightly in large bowl. Bring cream, remaining 1 cup sugar and vanilla bean to boil in medium saucepan.
- Carefully remove vanilla bean; cool slightly. Scrape seeds from bean with small spoon. Stir seeds into cream mixture. Discard bean.
- Gradually whisk cream mixture into eggs; pour over bread.
- Place dish in large roasting pan. Add enough hot water to come halfway up side of baking dish.
- Bake pudding for 35 to 40 minutes, until custard is set and top is golden brown.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Serve warm or at room temperature, with whipped cream, if desired.
Attribution
Posted by Gayle at Recipe Goldmine 7/25/2001 9:35 pm.
Source: Ladies Home Journal magazine - March 1998 - Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, Florida