Apple Bread Pudding Recipe

Warming and comforting, this dairy-free apple bread pudding is perfect for the fall and winter months and will fill your home with scents of the season. While these puddings are easy enough for a weeknight dessert, they also have a beautiful home-cooked essence that's perfect for holidays and special family dinners. Typical bread pudding recipes use milk, half-and-half, or evaporated milkthis recipe swaps in almond milk. If you prefer other types of milk substitutes, most work equally well for baking. You can use soy milk, rice milk, or coconut milk. Be sure to choose unflavored and unsweetened varieties. Naturally, if you are eliminating dairy you won't be serving this bread pudding with ice cream and you'd need a bourbon sauce that isn't made with the usual butter. You will have to ensure you are using dairy-free bread for this recipe. Loaves of sandwich bread often contain casein, whey, or nonfat milk powder. Look for the sandwich breads that are located in the refrigerated or frozen section of your local health food grocer, such as ezekiel bread.