Titanic Waldorf Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 large apples, diced into 1/4 inch cubes (use a good-flavored baking apple, such as granny smith, macintosh or braeburn)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, plus
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large croissants, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 8 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup golden raisin

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 while the oven is heating, sauté the diced apples with the butter and 2 tablespoons sugar.
• 3 place apples in a refrigerator to chill.
• 4 cut croissants into ½-inch pieces.
• 5 heat cream slowly to a boil.
• 6 mix eggs, remaining cup of sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
• 7 add hot cream slowly, while continuing to stir; set custard to the side.
• 8 spray 8 8-ounce ramekins well with cooking spray (pam).
• 9 fill ramekins half full with cut croissants, add apples and raisins.
• 10 cover with more croissants. (do not pack bread tightly in ramekins or it will make the pudding heavy and dense)
• 11 pour custard over croissants and let set for 10 minutes to let bread absorb custard.
• 12 finish filling remaining ramekins with croissants and custard.
• 13 place ramekins in a deep pan with ¼-inch of hot water (bain marie).
• 14 place in oven and bake for 45 minutes.
• 15 stick a knife in custard to check doneness.
• 16 put in a refrigerator to cool or serve right away.