Croissant Bread Pudding

Submitted by Charlotte J

"Leftover dried croissants are used to soak up the rum spiked liquid to make this sweet juicy peach pudding. Serve hot or cold. I like to use Turbinado Sugar on top of my pudding. One other thing I must of had to large of rolls as the standard loaf pan was to small. So you may want to use two loaf pans,"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups peaches, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 4 -5 cups milk
• 1⁄3 cup rum (liquor)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar, reserve 6 tablespoons
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 5 -6 day old plain croissants, slit in half crosswise

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine the peaches with the lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar and gently turn.
3. Let stand while you prepare the pudding.
4. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease standard loaf pan or other comparable baking dish.
5. Pour the milk into a bowl.
6. If the croissants are still soft use 4 cups, but if they are quite dry use 5.
7. Beat in the rum, vanilla, the eggs and all but 6 tablespoons of the remaining sugar, and the salt.
8. Make a layer of croissants in the bottom of the pan, tearing them as necessary to to make them fit.
9. Sprinkle the layer with 1/3 of the peaches.
10. Pour 1/4 of the milk mixture.
11. Let the croissants soak up a bit of the mixture before continuing.
12. Repeat twice, pushing the layers down as you go, and ending with a layer of croissants.
13. Sprinkle the remaining 6 tablespoons of sugar over the top layer (I like to use Turbinado Sugar).
14. Dot it with the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and bake until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45-60 minutes.