Apple Bread Pudding Recipe
I’m sure you’ve noticed that this last week has been a rough one here in the Queen City, so I thought we could all use some comfort food. I know I could.
Pudding and bread are definitely two of my go to comfort foods, along with chocolate, potato chips, tater tots, cheese, and wine – does wine count? Yes, I say it does! In the non-food categories there are always my dear old friends over at at General Hospital, along with Dancing With The Stars, Steel Magnolias, and Fried Green Tomatoes to give my heart and spirits a lift. And yes, I’m well aware that there are sad parts in Steel Magnolias, but I love that dang movie and it has a ton of comedy!
As usual, I digress. I thought why not throw some pudding and bread together with all those apples occupying my counters and make some warm cinnamon-y apple bread pudding. Bread pudding isn’t something I make very often, and whenever I do, I wonder why I don’t. Other than the obvious waistline issues. I actually made this recipe a couple of weeks ago when I was putting apples in everything, but today seemed like the right time to share it.
Cheers to some warm comfort food with the hopes that this week is better than last week and that my beautiful home can heal and maintain the greatness that this city of Charlotte truly is.
Apple Bread Pudding Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 inch piece of French bread cut into 1 1/2 - 2 inch pieces
- 5 small apples peeled, cored, and roughly chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 cups whole milk
- 5 eggs
- 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325
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Coat deep casserole dish with cooking spray
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Add bread and apples
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Whisk together milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla
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Pour milk mixture over the top of the bread and apples
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Toss bread and apples with the milk mixture to coat
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Bake 60 65 minutes or until set
NOTES:
- This Apple Bread Pudding would also be delicious dressed up with some caramel or whiskey sauce.
- Feel free to substitute the types of apples (I used a combination of granny smith and gala because it’s what I had)
- Feel free to substitute another type of fruit instead of apples, such as peaches or pears because either of those would be amazing too.
this definitely sounds very comforting! Yay for apple season!
Comfort food is the best, especially when it involves bread pudding and apples! Such a fun mashup, Rachelle! I would gladly devour this for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Positive, loving vibes sent your way, Rachelle…big hugs.
I love your idea of comfort food…how about we sit back with a big piece of this bread pudding (& wine, of course 😉 ) while we watch something funny? That sounds like a plan to me. I bet this smells delicious!
Cheers to a better week, my friend. xo
Yeah, Charlotte has had a rough go the last week. I was talking with a neighbor this past weekend who knew I grew up in NC, and he was asking if Charlotte has always been a rough city. I told him it’s completely opposite…Charlotte has always been a great city! (I’ve never lived there, but Laura and I did look long and hard for jobs in Charlotte after grad school. Just nothing showed up.) Anyways, I digress! Comfort food is definitely in order after last week, and bread pudding certainly counts as comfort food. I love the apples chunks in this one. Save me some? 🙂
Bread pudding is one of my all time favorite comfort foods Rachelle! It’s funny because I never ate it as a kid, but as an adult I just love it! Apples and warm cinnamon are the perfect ingredients for fall. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been scouring the internet looking for apple recipes to justify picking an obscene amount of apples soon at the orchard – it appears I’m also going to have to pick up a loaf of bread to make this delicious looking bread pudding. I’m sad to say that I only had my first bread pudding a few years ago (as an adult…why was I deprived of this during childhood?!) but I’ve been having it in droves to make up for the lost time.
Last week was indeed heartbreaking and so sad. Love that you did this recipe because this bread pudding enough to comfort anyone. BTW, I’m thinking we are somehow related because everything you like, I like. Someday, we will hang together and have an epic time 🙂
Of course I think of you every time Charlotte is in the news… Hubby and I have visited a few times over the years and absolutely love it. But I’d be eating my weight in bread pudding right now, too. Prayers for healing! Apple bread pudding is definitely one of my favorites! You’ve nailed this one, lady! xo