For His Master's Veneration: Bananas Foster Bread Pudding

This time of year is filled with the sights and sounds of the holiday. Let's not forget the smells! Now is the time for baking sweet deserts! Nothing brings to mind wonderful memories like the smells from your oven.

Here we blend the tastes of a good English bread pudding with a New Orleans Bananas Foster! What a way to up the ante on your holiday feasts! Also for this recipe we chose to use a sugar substitute to show we care for friends & relatives who have to limit their sugar intake. Sugar might be off limits but not the sweet smiles of baked love.

Ingredients

3 large eggs + 3 egg yolks
1 qt half & half divided
1 cup sugar substitute designed for baking
3 bananas sliced into “coins”
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons spiced rum divided
¼ tsp kosher salt
6 cups cubed brioche, approximately 1 small loaf
½ cup dried cranberries
1 tsp Apple pie spice (or pumpkin pie spice will do)

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Directions:

Do your cutting: cube the bread and let sit on counter to become stale.

(Wait to cut the bananas)

In a microwave safe container heat 1 cup of the half & half mixed with 1 tsp apple pie spice for 2 minutes. You want it to reach about 180 degrees, not to a boil. Let that steep for about 5 minutes.

In a blender, mix the eggs & egg yolks and let beat together as you slowly add the 1 cup of sugar substitute. Now add the rest of the half & half and vanilla. If you have enough room, mix in the steeped half & half.

This will be the custard: if necessary you can make this up to 2 days ahead and keep covered in the refrigerator.

Now pour this over the bread cubes, its OK to have some left over. Place a piece of plastic wrap over the dish and push it down to the mix.

Let this sit overnight in refrigerator to blend.

Day of baking:

pre heat oven to 325 degrees and spray a casserole lightly.

Slice up the bananas and place in a layer on the bottom of dish.

With your hand, scoop out half of the bread into the casserole.

Sprinkle with dried cranberries and continue to empty the bread mix on top.

Bake for about 1.5 to 2 hours. This will swell up so place a sheet pan underneath to catch any drips.

Pudding will be ready when it reaches 165 degrees! Remove and let sit on the counter top.

Meanwhile, for the sauce. Be easy on yourself. Get a jar of caramel topping, heat with ½ tsp kosher salt. Stir in some spiced rum just before serving.

What a fantastic sight and aroma.

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So happy to get to serve this to Master and His friends.

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To satisfy and restore.

To nourish, support and maintain.

To gratify, spoil, comfort and please,

to nurture, assist, and sustain

…..I cook!

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Dan White