Breakfast Bread Pudding

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Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • 2 Tbsp. butter
  • 2 Golden Delicous apples, peeled, quartered, and thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp.lemon juice
  • 1/2 tea. cinnamon
  • 12 slices cinnamon-raisin bread, lightly toasted
  • 1 1/3 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tea. vanilla
  • 1/4 tea. salt

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to350 degrees. Lightly butter 8" square glass baking dish.

In a small bowl, stir 2 Tbsp. sugar into cottage cheese; set aside.

In a 10" skillet, melt 1 Tbsp. butter over medium heat. Add apples, remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon and saute, tossing occasionally, 5 minutes, or until apples are softened.

Fit 4 bread slices over bottom of baking dish. Top with half of cottage cheese and half of sauteed apples. Top with 4 bread slices, remaining cottage cheese, and remaining apples. Top with remaining 4 bread slices.

In medium bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, vanilla, and salt. Pour mixture over pudding and let stand 10 minutes; with spatula, press down on bread so top layer will soak up some of the egg mixture. Dot with remaining 1 Tbsp. butter.

Bake 30 minutes, or until bread pudding is set and top is golden brown and lightly puffed.

Serve hot or at room temperature.