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Date And Pumpkin Bread Pudding Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Date And Pumpkin Bread Pudding
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  Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 1/2 x 1 lb. loaf unsliced challah, brioche or possibly other egg bread
  • 2 Tbsp. Butter or possibly margarine
  • 1 can Evaporated lowfat milk, (12 oz)
  • 1 1/2 c. Half-and-half
  • 1/2 c. Sugar
  • 1/2 c. Cooked pumpkin puree or possibly canned pumpkin
  • 3 lrg Large eggs
  • 1 tsp Grnd ginger
  • 1 tsp Grnd cinnamon
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 c. Sliced pitted dates Boiling water

Directions

  1. Cut bread into 1-inch-thick slices. Toast bread slices. In 2-qt saucepan, heat butter over low heat. Remove from heat. Brush one side of each bread slice with butter. Cut buttered bread into 1-inch cubes and place in greased 1 1/2-qt casserole or possibly baking dish.
  2. In same saucepan, with wire whisk, combine undiluted lowfat milk, half-and-half, sugar, and pumpkin till smooth. Heat over low heat till bubbles appear around side of pan. Remove from heat.
  3. In medium-size bowl, lightly whisk Large eggs with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt till well mixed; beat in about a c. of pumpkin mix. Pour egg mix into remaining pumpkin mix and mix well. Pour pumpkin-egg mix over bread and let stand till bread absorbs most of the liquid about 15 min.
  4. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Fold dates into bread pudding till well mixed. Place casserole in 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Pour 1 inch of boiling water into pan.
  5. Bake bread pudding 1 1/4 hrs or possibly till hard around edge of casserole but soft set in center. Cold pudding on wire rack at least 30 min before serving. Serve pudding hot or possibly cold to room temperature.
  6. Store pudding in the refrigerator.
  7. Note: To bake this recipe in a pumpkin, cut top off a 5- to 6-lb. pumpkin and remove seeds and fibers. Cut decorative edge on top of pumpkin, if you like. Place pumpkin in 9-inch-square baking pan. Bake pumpkin 30 min. Meanwhile, prepare bread pudding mix and pour into partially baked pumpkin. Bake 1 1/2 hrs longer or possibly till knife inserted near center comes out clean.