Cherry Upside Down Bread Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Combine milk, sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook just until butter has melted and set aside to cool.
• Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish or spray with cooking spray.
• Add bread cubes to the baking dish. Whisk eggs into the butter mixture until well combined and pour over the bread cubes, pressing down a bit so bread cubes are submerged. Stir cherries into the bread cube mixture and distribute evenly. Let soak for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the bread pudding.
• Bake until the top is golden brown and the custard is set in the center, about 65 minutes. Bread pudding will puff up but drop shortly after coming out of the oven, just like a souffle. Place on a baking rack and cool for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Place bread slices on ungreased baking sheets. Broil each pan 3-4 in. from heat until golden brown, 1-2 minutes on each side; let cool. Cut into 1-inch pieces; set aside., Spoon pie filling into a greased 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until crumbly. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk, cinnamon and vanilla (mixture may appear curdled). Gently stir in chocolate chips and bread cubes; let stand until bread is softened, about 10 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker., Cook, covered, on low until set and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 2-3/4-3-1/4 hours. Serve warm, with whipped cream if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and position a rack in the center of the oven. Grease a 2-quart baking dish with butter and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the cubed bread, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, melted butter and milk; mix thoroughly, then transfer to the prepared baking dish. Pour in the bourbon, and gently fold in the cherries.
• Place in the oven and bake until puffed and golden brown on top, about 45 minutes. Set aside and let cool completely.
• Pour the vanilla glaze over the bread pudding and serve.
• Place the confectioner's sugar in a medium bowl. Gradually whisk in the melted butter, vanilla and bourbon until completely combined and smooth. Taste for bourbon; add as needed.

Steps:

• Layer bread cubes and pie filling in a 9x13 baking pan. Mix remaining ingredients except the cinnamon and pour over bread and cherry layer. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool about 10 minutes before cutting and top with whipped topping before serving,

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Using 3-inch-diameter round cookie cutter, cut round from each bread slice and arrange on baking sheet. Toast bread rounds in oven until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Bring cream, milk, and sugar to simmer in heavy large saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Whisk eggs in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk hot cream mixture into eggs. Whisk in rum and vanilla.
• Butter eight 1 1/4-cup soufflé dishes; arrange on rimmed baking sheet. Place 1 bread round in bottom of each dish. Top each with 1 heaping tablespoon dried cherries. Top cherries in each dish with another bread round. Top each with another heaping tablespoon dried cherries. Top cherries in each dish with third bread slice. Divide custard among dishes, using about 3/4 cup for each. Let stand 30 minutes, pressing down on bread occasionally. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Bake bread puddings until tops are puffed and brown, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes. Serve warm with caramel sauce.

Steps:

• Combine eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl; stir well.
• Drain pineapple, reserving the juice.
• Add juice to egg mixture; add bread crumbs and toss gently.
• Melt butter in a 9 or 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium low heat. Remove 3 tablespoons of the melted butter and add it to bread mixture.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over butter remaining in skillet, sprinkle cherries and pecans over brown sugar mixture and arrange pineapple tidbits over cherries. Pour bread mixture over fruit in skillet.
• Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes, or until bread pudding is set and lightly brown.
• Place a platter or large cake plate over skillet and invert skillet so pudding falls out, upside over plate. Spoon any thing left inside skillet over top.

Steps:

• In a 1 qt saucepan over high heat, bring dried cherries and 3/4 cup water to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes or until cherries are tender. Grease a shallow 3 qt casserole.
• In a large bowl with wire whisk; mix milk, half -and-half, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, and cinnamon until well blended. Drain cherries, add any liquid to the egg mixture. Put cherries aside. Add bread slices to the egg mixture and let soak for 10 minutes, turning slices for even soaking.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange enough bread slices in bottom of casserole, in one layer, pushing slices together, to cover bottom. Sprinkle 2/3 cherries over bread in casserole. Arrange remaining bread, overlapping slices to fit, on top. Scatter last 1/3 of the cherries on top. Pour any egg mixture remaining in bowl over bread in casserole. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake bread pudding 1 hour and 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean, covering loosely with foil during last 10 - 15 minutes of baking if top browns too quickly. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm with whipped cream. Refrigerate leftovers.