3 cranberry pudding challah Recipes

qts. cubed (1/2-in.) brioche or seedless challah (about 12 oz.), pink lady or golden delicious apples (6 lbs. total), or some of each, light brown sugar, dark molasses, butter, melted and cooled, eggs, half-and-half, ground ginger, vanilla extract, nutmeg, coarsely chopped pecans, cranberries, cut in half, vanilla ice cream

butter, room temperature, heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar, almond paste or 1/2 tsp almond extract, vanilla, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, stale challah, cut into 1-inch cubes, dried cranberries, fresh carrot juice, heavy cream, ground cardamom, vanilla, egg yolks, sugar