Crock-Pot Apple Pie Bread Pudding
Bread pudding in my opinion is best made with a bread that has a hard crust. I prefer French Bread sliced into cubes for my bread pudding. I like using Panera’s French Bread. It comes in a long loaf and has a smaller thickness. It also gives me a reason to drive into town since there isn’t a Panera locally.
Bread pudding is very easy to make. Once you have everything prepared, allow the bread to sit to soak in the liquid. This can be a couple hours or you can fix the bread pudding the night before. Leave the baking pan in the refrigerator overnight and cook the next day.
You can also substitute a prepared can of apple pie filling instead of making your own.
My kids enjoyed this warm with a side of vanilla ice cream. Just like warm apple pie!
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Crock-Pot Apple Pie Bread Pudding
Ingredients
apple pie filling
- 2 pounds Gala Apples cored, peeled and chopped
- 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
bread pudding ingredients
- 1 14oz French Bread sliced and cubed
- 5 medium Eggs
- 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter melted
- 2 1/4 cups Milk
- 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Light or Dark Brown Sugar
- 2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon Ground Allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
Instructions
- In a skillet on the stove, add the ingredients for the apple pie filling. Stirring as the apples cook until the sauce thickens. Or substitute 1 can of store purchased apple pie filling.
- Add the cubed bread to the bottom of a 5 or 6 qt slow cooker or a casserole slow cooker.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the ingredients for the bread pudding. Pour the liquid over the top of the cubed bread tossing the bread to coat as you pour.
- Allow the bread to soak up the liquid tossing every few minutes. (total 15 minutes)
- Spoon the apple pie filling over the top of the casserole. Toss to mix the apples in with the bread.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours or until the middle has set.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
