Thursday Recipe

More fall baking this week! Fall makes me think of apples and caramel and cider and all things warm and gooey. So this week's recipe, courtesy of the amazon.com blogs is for Caramel Apple Bread Pudding.

Caramel Apple Bread Pudding

Ingredients

2 Jonagold apples, one sliced, one chopped

4 cups day-old bread, torn into bite-size pieces

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 eggs, beaten

1 cup cream

1/3 cup currants

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Combine eggs, cream and sugar. Add bread, chopped apples, currants and mix; set aside.

3. Toss sliced apples in 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon.

4. Heat 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat; when hot, spray surface with canola oil spray and add apples. Saute for two minutes, until they begin to turn golden.

5. Remove from heat and add bread mixture to the skillet.

6. Bake in oven for 45-50 minutes.

7. Let cool. Invert skillet on cake plate. Serve with caramel sauce and/or vanilla ice cream.

Serves 6-8