ckmason

In a "using up stuff I have in the kitchen" move I am making bread pudding today. I got some stale, clearance bagels at the store the other day and, well, you get what you pay for. I ate one with cream cheese and decided it was a waste of cream cheese, and went back to the store and bought actually good bagels. but what to do with the meh ones? i mean, I paid $0.99 for them, I could just toss them, but like, bread pudding is SUPPOSED to be made with stale bread, so.

5 blueberry bagels, torn into small pieces
2 cans of coconut cream (preferably Trader Joes, no thickening gums)
enough milk (dairy) to bring that 2 cans to 4 cups (about 3/4 cups milk)
5 eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cardamom
splashes of amaretto and hazelnut kahlua (last of both bottles!)

So, you tear the bread into a big bowl; you mix the liquid ingredients + spices together and pour it over the bread, add in the sugar, and stir it up until the sugar is dissolved and all the bread is wet. Then you leave it to soak for like, half an hour.

Put in a 13"x9" baking dish, bake for 50 minutes at 350°F.

so, hmm, it smells like the coconut cream but it doesn't taste like it, moderately disappointing. Pretty good though. Wish I'd had more booze for it, the recipe I was riffing off of calls for 1/4 cup. It's very sweet.