Fall conjures up the memory of heart warming dishes of days gone by. Some that may have been forgotten and only remembered when your loved one asks for a dish that is from his childhood days. That is exactly what happened when Jim asked for bread pudding. He was thinking about the days when his Mother made bread pudding with the leftover bread she would make from scratch. When he asked me to make bread pudding it reminded me of the bread pudding I would make for a customer every Christmas. I did a Christmas dinner for many years for a family in Fort Lauderdale. The guest list consisted of immediate family plus friends without family in the area. There would be 25 to 30 people for dinner and I was always asked to make my Apple Bread Pudding for dessert.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making this old fashioned dessert.
(Click on the Recipe Title and the Photos for the recipe.)
Apple Bread Pudding
I would change up the accompaniments each year: Caramel Sauce, Creme Fraiche, Cinnamon Gelato, Whiskey Sauce, Creme Anglaise, Whipped Cream, White Chocolate Whipped Cream. But my favorite is with Caramel Sauce and Creme Fraiche. I like plain Creme Fraiche with this dessert. The creamy tartness goes really well with the sweetness of the Caramel Sauce and it lightens up the denseness of the pudding.
This dessert will warm you up on a frosting fall day and may even bring back some childhood memories.