Description
Baked apples in sweet, soft bread is a sweet snack for fall. You can leave the skin on the apples for more color.
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) wide loaf French bread, crust removed and bread cut into 2×1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 apples – peeled, quartered, cored, sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch thick pieces
- 1 cup muscovado or packed brown sugar, plus more for garnish
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Spread bread cubes on a baking sheet and bake until crisp
- about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Saute apples until tender
- 7 minutes
- then transfer to prepared baking dish along with bread. Toss to combine.
- Whisk together sugar
- cinnamon
- and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in whole eggs and yolks until well combined
- then whisk in milk
- cream
- and vanilla. Pour mixture evenly over bread mixture. Let stand
- covered
- 45 minutes at room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Bake pudding until bread has absorbed custard and is set
- about 50 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 8