Orange Bread Pudding with Warm Maple Sauce

Title:
Orange Bread Pudding with Warm Maple Sauce

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Bread,
Pudding




Ingredients:





     3    Eggs


     2    Egg whites


 1 3/4 c  Milk


   1/3 c  Orange marmalade


   1/4 c  Sugar


   1/2 ts Ground cinnamon


   1/2 ts Vanilla


     4 sl Dry bread cut into 2"


          -strips; (about 3 cups)


   1/3 c  Raisins





--------------------------------MAPLE
SAUCE--------------------------------


     1 tb Cornstarch


   1/4 ts Finely shredded orange peel


   3/4 c  Orange juice


   1/3 c  Maple syrup


     2 tb Margarine or butter





 In a medium mixing bowl use a wire whisk or a fork to beat together the


 eggs, the egg whites, milk, orange marmalade, sugar, ground cinnamon, and


 vanilla till combined. Place bread strips in an ungreased 81/2-inch round


 baking dish. Sprinkle raisins over bread. Pour egg mixture over all. Bake


 pudding in a 325' oven for 35 to 40 minutes or till a knife inserted near


 the center comes Out clean. Cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve pudding


 warm with Maple Sauce and orange slices. Makes 6 servings. Maple Sauce: In


 a small saucepan combine 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1/4 teaspoon finely


 shredded orange peel. Stir in 3/4 cup orange juice and 1/3 cup maple Syrup.


 Cook and stir the maple syrup mixture till thickened and bubbly. Cook and


 stir for 2 minutes more. Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in 2


 teaspoons margarine or butter. Serve sauce warm over orange bread pudding.


 Makes 1 cup.


 


 NOTES : Use old bread that has started to dry out or toast fresh bread


 strips in a 300 degree oven for about 15 minutes to dry.


 Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens, October 1993 p. 154


 


 Posted to recipelu-digest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" 
on Mar 28,


 1998