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Apple bread pudding with warm vanilla sauce

Gluten-Free Apple Bread Pudding

  • Author: cllombardi
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: World

Description

This gluten-free apple bread pudding with warm vanilla sauce is what dreams are made of!

Ingredients

Scale

Bread

  • 1 pound gluten-free brioche or hearty white bread, cut into 2” cubes
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted

Apples

  • 1 large Honeycrisp or Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped small
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon apple brandy (I like Clear Creek Distillery or Calvados)

Custard

  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1.5 cups milk (your choice)
  • 1.5 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice

Vanilla Sauce

  • 3 large egg yolks (reserve whites for another purpose)
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 cup milk (your choice)
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/8 teaspoon Chinese five-spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon apple brandy (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
  2. Butter a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  3. Set bread cubes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or silicone. Drizzle melted butter over bread cubes and lightly toss. Bake for 10-13 minutes (stirring halfway through) or until toasted light brown. Toss into the buttered baking dish.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together all of the custard ingredients (eggs, yolks, milk, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and spices). Mix well and set aside.
  5. In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon butter and the chopped apples. Sauté apples for 3 minutes then deglaze the pan with apple brandy. Shake the pan and cook for one minute. Toss into the baking dish over bread cubes. Gently spread the apples out so they are evenly distributed throughout the baking dish.
  6. Give custard a quick whisk and pour over bread cubes and apples. Gently press down to make sure all of the bread cubes are soaked with the custard. Cover and let stand 20 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile, prepare the water bath. Fill a kettle with water and heat to a boil. Set the baking dish in a larger roasting pan and carefully pour boiling water around the baking dish until it reaches halfway up the baking dish. Carefully transfer the bread pudding in the water bath to the oven and bake for 45 minutes or until custard is set and a knife comes out clean.
  8. Very carefully remove pans from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes.
  9. Make the vanilla sauce. Whisk the egg yolks, 1 tablespoon sugar, vanilla, and cornstarch in a small bowl and set aside.
  10. In a medium pot over medium-high heat, heat the milk, heavy cream, and 2 tablespoons of sugar until it comes to a low simmer. Stir constantly to avoid burning on the bottom. Whisk a small ladle of the hot cream mixture into the egg yolk mixture to temper, then whisk the egg yolk mixture into the pot. Stir constantly until thickened.
  11. Stir in Chinese five-spice and apple brandy. Serve warm vanilla sauce over the bread pudding.

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