Croissant Bread Pudding with Apples

A breakfast casserole with croissants, apples and dusted with powdered sugar.

This breakfast casserole with is a bread pudding made with croissants, apples, and many Fall favorites like cinnamon, brown sugar, walnuts and more! It smells heavenly when it's baking and it tastes even better!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast casserole, croissants bread pudding with apples

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Toasting Croissants 10

Total Time 1 5

Servings servings

Calories 572kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

1 deep baking dish usually 13x9 or a bit smaller

Ingredients

6 large croissants
1 tbsp butter to grease the pan
⅓ cup chopped walnuts
3 tbsps confectioner sugar

Custard Ingredients

3 large eggs
2 cups milk
¾ cups brown sugar you can also mix brown and regular sugar to add up to ¾ cup
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tbsp cinnamon
pinch salt

Apple Topping

2 apples
4 tbsps butter
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp vanilla extract
0.5 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsps heavy cream

Instructions

Grease the baking dish with 1 tbsp of butter. Roughly chop or cut the croissants and add them to baking dish. Toast at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.
Whisk custard ingredients. Start by whisking eggs, add milk, vanilla extract, brown sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest.
Pour custard ingredients over toasted croissant pieces. Press with a spatula to ensure the bread absorbs the custard mix.
Slice the apples and add them over softened or melted butter in a mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, brown sugar, heavy cream and mix well to incorporate the flavors.
Pour the mixed apple topping over the croissants. Add chopped walnuts and bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes.
Once ready to serve, sprinkle confectioner sugar over the casserole. Serve with ice cream, coffee, drizzle of kahlua cream etc. Enjoy:)

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