Crazy Bread Pudding With Zucchini Milk

1967 newspaper article stated: peel, seed and chunk zucchini. Use your blender to make a "milk". I did, I tried and I liked. "milk" can be frozen also. Thus a few recipes were born as this one.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1  large zucchini, peeled, seeded and chunked (2 cups zucchini milk)
• 2  cups  bread cubes
• 2  tablespoons butter or 2  tablespoons margarine
• 1  tablespoon margarine or 1  tablespoon  Pam cooking spray
• 1  tablespoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup  slivered  toasted almond (optional)
• 1  apple, peeled, cored and diced

Directions

1. Blend prepared zucchini until thick milk.
2. Heat in saucepan until it comes to a boil. Add 2 tblsps butter.
3. Grease 4 quart casserole with 1 tblsp. margarine.
4. Preheat oven 350.
5. In large metal bowl, place bread cubes.
6. Pour hot zucchini milk mixture over and stir.
7. In small mixing bowl, beat two eggs, add vanilla, sugar salt and cinnamon.
8. Add to bread cubes, toss to blend all together.
9. Add diced apple, spread around on top.
10. Add almonds,spread around on top.
11. Set casserole in a 9 X 13 pan. Add 1 cup water or a little more.
12. Cover.
13. Bake 1 hour.
14. Serve warm or chilled with ice cream.