Tuesdays with Dorie: Dried Cranberry-Cherry Butter Bread Pudding
One thing leads to another, which leads to another, which leads to another, and before you know it, you end up somewhere you never expected when you started. That describes the process I went through with Dorie’s bread pudding.
- Dried cranberries replaced apples.
- Cherry butter replaced apple butter.
- Skim milk replaced whole milk (still used the specified amount of cream so it was plenty rich).
- Golden Egg Bread mixed in my bread machine and baked in the oven replaced store-bought bread.
Result?
My favorite bread pudding recipe–EVER!
The custard is not too rich or too sweet. The bread is neither chewy or soggy. It is instead, an unassuming backdrop for the fruit and fruit butter that makes this recipe unique. Put it altogether for a dessert smooth as a baby’s butt and luscious as a baby’s kiss. Dorie’s Creme Anglaise is the perfect topping.
This recipe is definitely going into the Dorie Hall of Fame at my house along with Milk Chocolate Bundt Cakes. Can’t wait to experiment with other variations now that I have a bread pudding recipe extraordinaire!
If you would like the recipe, visit Elizabeth at Cake or Death.
You also might enjoy some of my other favorite Dorie recipes:
Milk Chocolate Mini-Bundt Cakes
Chocolate Ravioli (A Revision of Cottage Cheese Pufflets)
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Your version sounds awesome! We loved this too.
By the way, I finally got around to jarring some salad. It was awesome- thank you!
your changes sound great! i also really liked the milk choc bundt cakes as far as dorie recipes go. nice job!
I used skim milk too.
used some frsh baked bread also but would love to try with an apple bread or cranberry bread.
Your BP looks AWESOME!!
It can be a bit difficult to make bread pudding look presentable but I love how this looks in the large glass ice cream bowls. Cranberry and cherry butter sound like a refreshing combination for spring!
mmm…that sounds so good! cherry butter–i want!!
That sounds amazing! I used apples & apple butter, but I will have to make it again with cranberries & cherry butter!
Romaine, lovely bread! I want to try that recipe. Your bread pudding also sounds delicious.
Ciao ! Your version sounds really great !!
Cherry butter?! I’ve never had it, but I’ll be on the lookout now! Yours sounds like a wonderful variation, and I love the idea of the creme anglaise on top for more custardy goodness.
My mother has rhubarb growing in her backyard, so I picked 10 pounds on Mother’s Day weekend. I’m going back this weekend for more. I made 16 jars of jam, and have lots more in mind. I never buy rhubarb, even when I’m tempted by the bright pink imported stuff.
Mary, I buy cherry butter at Central Market. It is McCutcheon’s brand. Fabulous. They have a website–www.mccutcheons.com
Looks super luscious! I didn’t get to bake this week. Sigh…
Your version sounds delicious. This seems like a versatile recipe with lots of room to play with flavors. Once I find more cherry jam, I plan to make it again.
Oooh! I like your variation! I didn’t even know cherry butter existed!
Your version looks awesome! Now I’m sorry I skipped this week.
I am SO MAD! SO MAD. That, my friends, is what a bread pudding is supposed to look like. WANT. *pout*
What Miss Kate said!
Really, looks and sounds great!
I didn’t get to bake along this week and want a piece of your bread pudding so badly. It looks heavenly! I’m especially excited about the cherry butter!
Yep, this looks pretty incredible! I’m glad it was such a hit at your house! The Dorie hall of fame is quite exclusive!
That looks like fabulosity!!!!!
Your version looks amazing. The cherry butter sounds especially delicious. I thought this was exceptionally good bread pudding, I appreciated that the custard wasn’t too thick or eggy.
Wow!! Your BP looks amazing!!! I love your variations!!
cranberries and cherry butter sound so good! a nice foil to the sweet custard! i also used skim milk and made my own bread for this and i think homemade bread completely changes bread pudding! pretty pictures too!
I love the bread-willl have to make it! It really looks great in the bread pudding, also. Lovely photos, too.
Your company for Mother’s Day agrees. This is the BEST bread pudding I have ever had. It’s the love you added that made it so good along with your choice ingredients. I think my family has been craving your bread pudding ever since. Thank you Romaine