Butter and Jam Bread Pudding

[LEFSElover]

"Butter and Jam Bread Pudding"
serves 2-4

1/2 loaf good quality French bread
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 jar [10ounce] favorite quality jam
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cut the bread into large chuncks
butter both sides of bread
then jam both sides of bread
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place into buttered oven safe corningware baking dish
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5 medium eggs
2 c milk
1/2 c half and half
1/2 cup sugar
pinch salt
pinch cinnamon
baby pinch clove
baby pinch ginger
1 t vanilla
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mix all this together and when blended pour over bread to soak.
cover and set in frig for a few hours so bread has time to absorb the custard mixture.
preheat oven to 375
take out of frig, cover in foil and bake 15 minutes
take off foil, bake 15 minutes more
take out of oven foil cover and set aside.
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"glaze"
3 T butter
3 T jam
1-2 T milk
pinch salt
3/4 c powdered sugar, plus more for after glazing

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melt butter, add jam and stir to blend.
stir milk into powdered sugar add pinch salt stirring until you get a glaze.
stir the butter/jam mixture into the powdered sugar mix.
put onto low stove in saucepan and stir until thicker.
pour 1/2 of this mixture over top of bread pudding, follow that with 1/4 c of powdered sugar dusted on top of glaze.
preheat broiler, when ready, place bread pudding under and watch it while it lightly browns the sugar on top and slightly bubbles the glaze underneat. take out of oven/broiler,
let cool a couple of minutes and scoop out.
use a bit of left over glaze to drizzle over or
we like it with English style custard drizzled over it.
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English style custard

8 oz heavy cream
2 T raw sugar
1 t corn starch
pinch salt
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mix all together then put in saucepan on low and simmer until just starting to bubble tiny bubbles around edge of pan.
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3 room temp egg yolks
put on top of simmer double boiler, and whisk until thick and creamy, then slowly add a little at a time, the cream mixture and continue with whisk until all combined.
stir in 1/2 t vanilla.
place in pitcher and cover with cling wrap until ready to use

hope you enjoy

[beginner_chef]

I made this about a month ago and absolutely loved it.. I'm sorry i'm just now getting to tell you.. I had never had bread pudding before, and I am now a fan of it. Thank you for this recipe!

[LEFSElover]

Originally Posted by beginner_chef

I made this about a month ago and absolutely loved it.. I'm sorry i'm just now getting to tell you.. I had never had bread pudding before, and I am now a fan of it. Thank you for this recipe!

oh beginnerchef, I'm thrilled for you. I didn't use to like bread pudding of any kind but sometimes, just when you fool around with a recipe and tweek it a bit, it turns out wonderful, glad it worked for you and mostly I applaud you, there are several steps and looking at the recipe could scare some off