Pinto raisin bread pudding with apples and cheese

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupWater
cupFirmly packed light brown sugar
½teaspoonCinnamon
5slicesHomemade-style white bread; toasted and the
; crustdiscarded
5slicesHomemade-style raisin bread; toasted and the
; crustsdiscarded
½Stick unsalted butter; softened (1/4 cup)
½poundsLonghorn; (Colby) or mild
; Cheddar, grated
2Granny Smith apples
1cupApple jelly; melted
Vanilla ice cream as an accompaniment

Directions

In a saucepan simmer the water with the brown sugar until the sugar is dissolved and stir in the cinnamon. Spread the 10 bread slices on one side with the butter and halve each slice diagonally. Arrange half the white bread and half the raisin bread, buttered sides down, decoratively in a buttered 13-by 9-inch baking dish and sprinkle half of the Longhorn over the bread. Peel the apples, grate them coarse, and sprinkle them over the cheese. Top the apples with the remaining cheese and arrange the remaining bread, buttered sides down, decoratively on top, trimming the bread as necessary to fit in one layer. Pour the brown sugar syrup evenly over the bread pudding, pressing down on the top slightly with a spatula, and let the pudding stand, covered, for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350F. Bake the pudding in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes, spread the jelly over the top, and let the pudding stand for 5 minutes. Serve the bread pudding warm with the ice cream.

Serves 8.

Gourmet April 1993

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