24 apple bread pudding with vanilla butter sauce Recipes

brioche bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (enough for 6 cups), golden delicious apples (about 12), light brown sugar , packed, dark molasses, unsalted butter, melted & cooled, eggs, half-and-half, ground ginger, vanilla extract, ground nutmeg, pecans, coarsely chopped, fresh cranberries, each cut in half, unsalted butter, granulated sugar, whipping cream

eggs, sugar, half and half, raisin bread crusts removed, apple butter ; can sub fig jam or orange marmalade, even cream cheese, vanilla extract, hard sauce, sugar, butter, sweet sherry (or sweet marsala in a pinch)

unsalted butter, for the pan, heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped, egg yolks, sugar, pure maple syrup, canned pumpkin puree , not flavored pie filling, bourbon, freshly whipped cream , for serving, shelled pumpkin seeds (optional), for garnish