Tropical Bread Pudding

Tropical Bread Pudding

With A Lemon Glaze!

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cooking Time: 50-60 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 loaf crusty bread/ 4-5 cups, cubed

5 eggs

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups whole milk

1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

1 cup Macadamia nuts

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 

1 tsp grated fresh ginger

1/4 tsp pumpkin spice

5 Medjool dates, pitted & chopped

1 1/4 stick of butter (melted) + greasing

Cooking Tools

Large mixing bowl

Small mixing bowl

zester

Loaf pan

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.  Mix eggs, sugar, milk, coconut, nuts, dates, spice, dates and melted butter.  Place bread cubes into the liquid and coat, let bread soak for 30 minutes before placing in a well buttered loaf pan. Bake in oven for 50-60 minutes. Drizzle Lemon  Glaze (recipe below) about 15 minutes after pulling it out of the oven to cool slightly. Serve warm, but also can be served chilled.

Serves 6

Lemon Glaze

Ingredients

1 cup confectioners sugar

juice of 1 lemon

zest of 1 lemon

Directions

Mix ingredients in a small mixing bowl until smooth.

Fresh Strawberry Pudding

Fresh Strawberry Pudding

Just A Few Ingredients Makes Something Fresh & Delicious!

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: No cooking required

Chilling Time: 1 hour

Food Dye Was Not Used In This Recipe.

Ingredients

3 cups fresh strawberries, quartered

3 cups heavy whipping cream

3/4 cup chilled strawberry jam (seedless)

1 large box instant vanilla pudding

3-4 drops of red food dye (optional)

Cooking Tools

Large mixing bowl

Electric hand mixer 

Directions

Pour 3 cups of cold whipping cream in mixing bowl.  Using a hand mixer, whisk on high until slightly thickened,  cream.  Add in jam and whip until it dissolves into the cream, about a minute.  Add in the instant pudding mix and whip until completely thickened. You can add the red food dye to make it pink if desired at this time. Chill pudding in the refrigerator for about an hour, before serving, fold in the quartered strawberries.

Serves 4