Challah Pudding

Apparently my husband loves bread pudding.  Its odd how almost 5 years of marriage, and I am still learning some of these things.  Putting it more into prospective, I never gave him an option of bread pudding.  There was no way I would be able to make it without burning down the house.  But those days are over, and here I am with some delicious Challah pudding.  What a great way to end Hanukkah.  Until next year my dear Jewish readers.

Challah Pudding
1/2 stick butter
2 cups milk
3 eggs, whisked
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 loaf day old Challah bread, sliced
1 cup dried cherries
1 cup diced pears, skin on
1/2 cup demerara sugar (in the raw)
1/2 cup almond slivers

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Butter each slice of bread.  Cut bread into small pieces.

In a medium bowl, mix milk, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt.  Add the bread to the bowl and be sure to coat the bread with mixture.

Butter a 9″ pie pan.  Layer, bread, pears, cherries, almonds, and sugar.  Be sure to end with a sugar layer.  Bake for 45 minutes.  Serve with ice cream and enjoy!

See you next Hanukkah…..or sooner!