Grandmaster Lana’s Hawaiian Bread Pudding

 

Ingredients:

1 Hawaiian Portuguese Sweet Bread loaf, cut into 1” cubes
2 eggs (or use equivalent in Egg Substitute)
2 cups Coconut Milk
1 cup Soy Milk
2 TB Bourbon Vanilla (I make my own with Vanilla Beans)
½ tsp. Himalyan Sea Salt
1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
3 TB melted butter (or equivalent margarine/veg. oil substitute)
1 large apple, diced into small cubes
1/3 cup raisins
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup crushed nuts
¾ cup brown sugar, packed

 

Directions:

Add the dry ingredients together. Mix the apple and raisins in another bowl. Melt the butter, don’t make it hot. Add the beaten eggs (or Egg substitute) with the milk, then incorporate with the dry ingredients. Slowly incorporate the milk mixture with the bread cubes, but use just enough to get the cubes covered. Stir in the cranberries and nuts. Put the bread mix into a 13×9″ greased pan. Add the apple/raisin mix on top of the bread and pour the rest of the milk/butter liquid over everything.

Bake uncovered at 350º F. for 40-45 minutes (depending on how hot your oven gets).

Optional:  Top with coconut cream or Vanilla Brown Sugar syrup