Blueberry Lemon Bread Pudding – Eat Your self Skinny

Heat and scrumptious Blueberry Lemon Bread Pudding lightened up with more healthy substances and 0 butter or refined sugar!  The proper cozy dish for breakfast, brunch or dessert!

Rising up my Grandma was identified for her out-of-this-world bread pudding and it’s nonetheless considered one of my favorites.  This blueberry lemon bread pudding recipe is decrease in energy and made a lot more healthy than what I grew up consuming, however nonetheless has those self same heat, cozy flavors we love a lot!  Crusty complete wheat bread and gooey blueberries all soaked in a scrumptious combination of milk, eggs, maple syrup, lemon, vanilla and cinnamon.  Excellent dish for breakfast, internet hosting a brunch and even dessert!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Heat, cozy and scrumptious!
• Lightened up with more healthy substances and 0 butter or refined sugar.
• Can simply be prepped the night time earlier than for a simple morning breakfast or brunch!
• Simple to customise to your liking with enjoyable toppings.

Substances You’ll Want

• bread – for breakfast casseroles like this, I at all times favor utilizing a crusty sourdough day outdated bread as a result of it soaks up the egg combination completely with out getting too soggy or mushy when baking.  You could possibly additionally use a brioche bread, challah and even french bread.
• blueberries – you need to use contemporary blueberries or frozen blueberries, simply be certain if utilizing frozen you don’t allow them to thaw first as they received’t maintain their form when baked.
• lemon zest – brightens up this complete casserole and tastes superb with the blueberries!  Be at liberty so as to add in a tablespoon of lemon juice for much more lemon taste.
• applesauce – I used unsweetened applesauce and this helps preserve the bread pudding moist.  You could possibly additionally use plain Greek yogurt rather than the applesauce.
• milk – I used almond milk, however any sort of milk and even heavy cream will work on this recipe.
• eggs – you’ll want 2 massive eggs on this recipe to assist bind the bread pudding collectively.
• maple syrup – this provides sweetness to the bread pudding with out utilizing any refined granulated sugar (you possibly can additionally use honey) and tastes AMAZING on this casserole!  Be at liberty to drizzle somewhat extra over high after it has baked.
• vanilla extract – provides a heat increase of taste.
• cinnamon + salt

How one can Make Blueberry Lemon Bread Pudding

1. Slice the bread.  Begin by chopping your loaf of crusty bread into 1-inch cubes till you could have about 5 cups of cubed bread.  Put aside till prepared to make use of.
2. Make the custard combination.  In a big bowl, whisk collectively the milk, applesauce, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, lemon zest and salt.  Fold within the cubed bread and the blueberries, mixing properly till the bread is totally coated.
3. Let bread pudding sit.  Enable the bread pudding combination to sit down for about 15 to twenty minutes at room temperature permitting the bread to take in all that scrumptious taste.  Switch the bread pudding to an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish coated in cooking spray and both cowl and place within the fridge if planning to bake the subsequent morning, or put together to bake uncovered.
4. Bake!  Place the bread pudding uncovered within the oven at 350 levels and bake for 45 to 50 minutes till the dish is about and toothpick inserted within the center comes out clear.
5. Serve.  Benefit from the bread pudding heat as is or you possibly can drizzle this with some cream cheese, additional maple syrup, sprinkle on some powdered sugar or get pleasure from as dessert with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream!

Prepping and Storage

This lemon blueberry bread pudding can simply be made forward of time and I at all times favor simply making it the night time earlier than I’m planning on baking it.  Merely observe the directions proper up till baking it, cowl and place within the fridge till able to pop within the oven.

To Retailer: You possibly can retailer this blueberry bread pudding in a sealed, hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days.  When able to re-heat, both cowl the whole dish with foil and warmth within the oven at 350 levels F for about 20 minutes or re-heat particular person parts within the microwave or toaster oven till heated by means of.

To Freeze: This blueberry bread pudding will also be saved within the freezer for as much as 3 months in a sealed, hermetic container.  Alternatively, you can even slice the bread pudding into particular person parts, wrap them in plastic wrap and retailer them in sealed freezer luggage.

Elective Toppings

• Drizzle on some cream cheese (extremely suggest!), maple syrup, a lemon glaze or whipped cream
• Sprinkle with some powdered sugar
• Prime with additional blueberries, chopped nuts or different contemporary fruit
• Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and luxuriate in as a dessert!

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