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Puddings & Custards

Lemon posset, rice pudding, and bread pudding bring different ingredients into a soft dessert. These puddings and custards invite attention to the texture of a serving eaten with a spoon.

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  • Bread Pudding

    Bread pudding gives bread a new form through a seasoned custard and cooking. Sweet potato, pecan, and bourbon variations offer different flavors within a soft, substantial dessert.

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  • Baked Rice Pudding

    Ingredients Baked Rice Pudding is a dry and solid variation of the normal wet and creamy pudding. This backed variation is popular in southern states and is also known…

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  • Bread Pudding

    Ingredients 6 Cups (6 slices) Potato Bread 1 1/2 Cup Milk 1 15-ounce Can Condensed Milk 1 Cup Sugar 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract 1/4 teaspoons Salt 6 Eggs…

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  • Tennessee Peach Pudding

    Have you ever had Tennessee peach pudding? We remember the first time we tried it and thought, what kind of magical goodness did we just taste?…it should come…

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  • Marshmallow Pudding

    Inspired by Japanese-style chilled milk pudding, this gentle custard combines milk, eggs, and melted marshmallows for a sweet, creamy dessert. A simple caramel sauce adds a pleasant bittersweet…

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  • Vanilla Custard Slice

    Vanilla Custard Slice

    Vanilla Custard Slice – delicious, soft, creamy and so simple dessert! Vanilla Custard Slice is definitely Love at first bite! Ingredients 2 sheets store bought puff pastry, thawed…

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  • Leche Asada

    Leche Asada

    Call this an oven-baked flan. The rich, creamy texture of this leche asada comes from the addition of heavy cream to the recipe. Totally worth it! Leche asada…

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  • Crème Brûlée

    Crème Brûlée

    What is a custard, anyway? It’s a delicious dessert, yes, but technically speaking it’s a liquid that has been thickened or set via the coagulation of egg protein.…

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  • Flan Imposible (Impossible Chocolate Flan)

    Flan Imposible (Impossible Chocolate Flan)

    This dessert, excerpted from the cookbook My Sweet Mexico by Fany Gerson, gets its name from a magical thing that occurs in the oven. You fill a caramel-lined…

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  • Meyer Lemon Panna Cotta

    Meyer Lemon Panna Cotta

    Meyer lemon–a lemon/orange ­hybrid–is sweeter than conventional lemon. If you don’t have access to Meyer lemons, you can use a regular lemon and enjoy a dessert that’s a…

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  • New Orleans Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

    New Orleans Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

    Enjoy the best of the Big Easy with this traditional New Orleans-style bread pudding. It tastes so decadent, no one will believe it’s been lightened! Ingredients Pudding 1/4…

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