Panera Bread Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Brush a 2 quart casserole dish or 6 ramekins with melted butter or spray with cooking spray.
• Combine raisins and orange juice in a bowl and allow to soak for 15 minute
• Place raisin bread cubes in a large bowl. Add melted butter and toss to coat.
• Spread buttered bread cubes on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown. Allow to cool.
• Evenly distribute cooled bread cubes in the casserole dish or ramekins.
• Top bread cubes with soaked raisins so they are evenly distributed.
• In a medium bowl, whisk milk, eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved and mixture is smooth.
• Pour mixture over bread cubes and refridgerate at least 15 minute
• Place in oven. If using ramekins, place on cookie sheet first. Bake until center is set, approximately 45 min for casserole or 30 min for ramekins.
• Remove from oven and cool 15 min before serving.

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a greased 1-qt. baking dish. In a saucepan, heat milk, sugar, butter and salt over low heat just until butter melts. In a bowl, beat eggs; whisk in warm milk mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour over bread. Place baking dish in a shallow pan of hot water. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted 1 in from the edge comes out clean. For the lemon sauce, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. stir in water and lemon zest; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter, lemon juice and food coloring. Serve warm or cold with the pudding. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• For Bread Pudding: Place bread cubes in a greased 1 quart baking dish.
• In a saucepan, heat next four ingredients (milk, sugar, butter and salt) over low heat until butter melts.
• In a bowl, beat eggs.
• Whisk in warm milk mixture.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour over bread.
• Place baking dish in a shallow pan of hot water.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted 1' from edge comes out clean.
• For Lemon Sauce: Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan, stir in water and lemon peel.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in butter, lemon juice and food coloring.
• Serve warm or cold with the pudding.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan over low heat, warm milk, butter, vanilla, sugar and salt. Continue cooking just until butter melts; cool. Meanwhile, butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread.
• Add eggs to cooled milk mixture and whisk; pour mixture over bread. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.