Louisiana Bread Pudding With Lemon Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8x11 inch casserole with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, combine bread cubes, 1 cup sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix in raisins, if desired.
• In another bowl, blend milk, melted butter, and eggs. Add wet ingredients to dry, and mix together without turning bread mixture into mush. Pour mixture into prepared casserole dish.
• Place casserole dish into a larger baking pan. Pour hot water into baking pan about 1/3 up the side of the casserole dish, creating a water bath. Bake for 45 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, 1 cup hot water, 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Cook on medium heat until bubbling and thickened. Stir constantly to avoid scorching. Serve with bread pudding.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Stir in bread cubes and raisins. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt and water in a large saucepan until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. , Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. , Remove from the heat; gently stir in lemon juice and butter. Serve with bread pudding. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• BREAD PUDDING: preheat oven to 350ºF. In a bowl large enough to hold bread and liquid, beat eggs with a fork until lemon yellow in color. Whisk in milk, vanilla and almond extract.
• Soak bread in egg and milk mixture until the bread has absorbed most of the liquid, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix sugar, salt, spices (and chopped dates) in a separate bowl. When bread has soaked up the liquid, add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Butter a baking dish large enough to hold the bread mixture 2 -1/2 qt pan or 8x8" will work. Pour bread mixture into pan and dot top with pieces of butter.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool or serve immediately.
• LEMON SAUCE: blend sugar, cornstarch and water in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil over med-high heat. Cook 2 - 3 min until mixture is thickened.
• Remove from heat and add lemon zest, lemon juice and butter.
• Cut in squares and serve warm lemon sauce over bread pudding.

Steps:

• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high until extremely frothy, about 3 minutes (or for about 6 minutes with a metal whisk).
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract and butter and beat on high speed until well blended.
• Beat in the milk. Stir in the raisins and pecans.
• Put the bread cubes in a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over the cubes and toss until the bread is soaked.
• Let sit about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the liquid occasionally.
• Put in a 350* oven. Immediately lower the heat to 300* and bake 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425* and bake 15-20 minutes more, or until pudding is well browned and puffy.
• To serve, put 1 1/2 Tbs lemon sauce in each dessert dish, then spoon in 1/2 cup bread pudding. Top with 1/4 cup whipped cream.
• Lemon Sauce (makes about 3/4 cup).
• Squeeze the juice from the lemon halves into a 1 qt saucepan; add the lemon rinds, water and sugar; bring to a boil.
• Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and vanilla.
• Cook 1 minute over high heat, stirring constantly.
• Strain, squeezing the sauce from the lemon rind.

Steps:

• Heat bourbon in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until warm. Pour over raisins in a small bowl; let stand at least 1 hour or overnight.
• To make whiskey sauce: bring cream to a simmer over medium heat in a small saucepan. Whisk together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water; slowly whisk into cream. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in sugar and bourbon. Set aside and let cool completely.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together bread, milk, and cream in a large bowl. Whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and allspice in a medium bowl; add to bread mixture. Stir in raisins and bourbon.
• Melt butter in an 8-inch square baking dish in oven. Remove from oven, and swirl to coat bottom of dish. Pour in bread mixture, distributing raisins evenly. Bake until bread cubes are browned around edges and custard is cooked, about 35 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with whiskey sauce.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease bottom and side of 3-quart casserole with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, beat sugar, vanilla and eggs with wire whisk until blended. Stir in Bisquick mix and milk. Stir in bread cubes until coated.
• Spoon half of the bread mixture into casserole. Spoon 1 cup of the pie filling randomly over bread mixture. Top with remaining bread mixture.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean. In small bowl, mix remaining pie filling and the whipped topping. Serve warm pudding with whipped topping mixture. Store covered in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Toss bread and raisins in an ungreased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. In a small saucepan, combine milk, sugar, butter and salt; cook and stir until butter melts. Remove from the heat. Whisk eggs and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir a small amount of the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Pour over bread and raisins. , Place dish in a larger baking pan. Fill larger pan with hot water to a depth of 1-in. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. , For sauce, combine the sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes, or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Stir in lemon juice, zest and butter until butter melts. Serve over warm or cold pudding. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Steps:

• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high speed until extremely frothy and bubbles are the size of pinheads, about 3 minutes (or with a metal whisk for about six minutes.) Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and butter and beat on high until well blended. Beat in the milk, then stir in the raisins and pecans.
• Place the bread cubes in a greased loaf pan. Pour the egg mixture over them and toss until the bread is soaked. Let it sit until you see only a narrow bead of liquid around the pan's edges, about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the liquid occasionally. Place in a preheated 350 degree oven. Immediately lower the heat to 300 degrees and bake 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees and bake until pudding is well browned and puffy, about 15 to 20 minutes more.
• For lemon sauce, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from the lemon halves and place juice in a 1-quart saucepan; add the lemon halves, water and sugar and bring to a boil. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and vanilla. Cook 1 minute over high heat, stirring constantly. Strain, squeezing the sauce from the lemon rinds. Makes about 3/4 cup. Serve warm.
• To make chantilly cream, refrigerate a medium-size bowl and beaters until very cold. Combine cream, vanilla, brandy and Grand Marnier in the bowl and beat with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute. Add the sugar and sour cream and beat on medium just until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. Do not overbeat. Makes about 2 cups.
• To serve, put 1 1/2 tablespoons warm lemon sauce in each dessert dish, then spoon in a half cup bread pudding and top with a quarter cup chantilly cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To make the pudding, combine eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Add condensed milk, whole milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir to blend well.
• Butter a shallow 2-quart baking dish. Put bread cubes in the dish, and sprinkle with raisins and butter pats. Pour in egg mixture, making sure all bread cubes are covered. Cover the dish with foil.
• Put baking dish on middle rack of oven, and place a pan of water on the lower shelf directly beneath it. Bake until the mixture is browned and set, 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, to make the sauce, combine the sugar, cornstarch and 1 cup of water in the top half of a double boiler. Place over boiling water, and stir until thickened. Stir in lemon zest and juice, and remove from heat. Drizzle over warm pudding, and serve.