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Spiced Cranberry Bread Puddings

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Spiced Cranberry Bread Puddings

Spiced Cranberry Bread Puddings

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Equipment

  • - Baking Dish: Essential for assembling and baking bread pudding; commonly 9x13-inch size.

  • - Whisk: For combining ingredients like eggs and milk thoroughly before adding to the cranberry mixture.

  • - Large Mixing Bowl: Ideal for mixing wet and dry ingredients together, including soaked bread cubes in the cranberry sauce.

  • - Cutting Board: Necessary for preparing bread slices by cutting them into suitable sizes before soaking.

  • - Measuring Cups and Spoons: Precision is key when measuring out ingredients like flour, sugar, milk.

  • - Oven Mitts or Pot Holders: Essential for safely handling hot baking dishes during cooking.

  • - Food Processor (Optional): Useful if chopping cranberries into smaller pieces or pulverizing nuts; not required by the recipe.

  • - Digital Kitchen Scale: Helpful for precise measurements and conversion between weight and volume, potentially useful in various baking applications beyond bread pudding.

  • - Stand Mixer with Dough Hook (Optional): Incredibly helpful if preparing dough from scratch; not needed as per the provided recipe.

  • - Silicone Spatula: Handy for scraping and folding ingredients within bowls or ensuring everything is mixed well before baking.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar, divided

  • 1/2 cup organic frozen cranberry juice cocktail concentrate, thawed

  • 1/2 cup orange juice

  • 2 teaspoons finely grated orange peel

  • 3 cups cranberries (about 12 ounces), unthawed if frozen

  • Nonstick vegetable oil spray

  • 12 slices white sandwich bread

  • 1/4 cup apricot preserves

  • Ground cinnamon

  • Freshly grated nutmeg

  • 4 large eggs

  • 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Bring 1/2 cup sugar, cranberry juice concentrate, orange juice, and grated orange peel to boil in heavy large saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Mix in cranberries; return to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low; gently simmer 3 minutes (cranberries should not break). Pour cranberry mixture into strainer set over bowl and drain. Return syrup to same pan. Boil until very thick and reduced to generous 1/2 cup, about 7 minutes. Fold berries into syrup. Cool to room temperature. DO AHEAD: Can be made 4 days ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.
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Instruction 2

Spray six 1- to 1 1/4-cup ramekins with nonstick spray. Line bottom of each with round of parchment paper. Cut round from each bread slice to fit bottom of ramekin. Spread each bread round with 1 teaspoon preserves, then sprinkle with cinnamon and grating of nutmeg.
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Instruction 3

Spoon 1 tablespoon cranberries (with as little syrup as possible) into each ramekin. Top with 1 bread round, preserves side down. Repeat 1 time with berries and bread rounds. Reserve berry syrup.
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Instruction 4

Whisk eggs, liqueur, vanilla, salt, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Add cream and stir until sugar dissolves. Pour custard, 1/4 cup at a time, over bread in each ramekin (generous 1/2 cup in each). Let stand at least 15 minutes and up to 1 hour, occasionally pressing bread to submerge.
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Instruction 5

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place puddings in 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Add enough lukewarm water to pan to come halfway up sides of ramekins. Bake until puffed and firm to touch, about 45 minutes. Remove from water. Let cool 10 minutes. Using small sharp knife, cut around each. Turn out onto plate; peel off paper. Spoon some reserved syrup over. Serve warm.
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