Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

1 day old loaf french bread
4 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cinnamon
whipped cream for topping

Break bread into pieces and let it dry out all day OR Bake the pieces at 250 degrees for 20 mins in order dry it out.

Place dried bread pieces in an 8X8 baking dish. In a small bowl beat eggs. Add milk, sugar, cream, vanilla, and cinnamon. Blend wet ingredients until combined then pour over the dry bread. Allow bread to soak for 15-20 min- occasionally pushing bread down into the wet mixture. Sprinkle a little cinnamon and sugar on top of mixture. Place 8X8 dish inside of a 9X13 baking dish and then add hot water to the 9X13 until it is half way up the outside of the 8X8. Then carefully place both dishes on the center rack of oven and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min or until pudding is golden on top and toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm topped with additional whipped cream on top.

Susan's AMAZING!!! Arizona Citrus Pie

Ingredients:

1 baked, empty pie shell

Clear Filling:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 3/4 cup water
4 large egg yolks

Fluffy Filling:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
8 oz softened cream cheese
1 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
6 oz frozen lemonade-thawed
1 small package lemon instant pudding

To make clear filling: In a small bowl beat egg yolks and lemon juice-set aside. Next mix sugar, cornstarch and water in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat until thick and boiling. Boil an additional minute stirring rapidly and then remove from heat. Stir egg mixture into cornstarch mixture very quickly to prevent lumping. Return to heat and continue stirring until very thick and boiling again. Remove from heat and stir in butter. Press plastic wrap into hot filling to avoid having a skin form while filling cools in refrigerator for 1 hour.

To make fluffy filling: In a small bowl beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. In a large bowl beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Beat in lemonade and pudding mix into cream cheese mixture until completely blended. Gently fold whipped cream into mixture.

Spoon fluffy filling into pie shell and make an even, shallow depression in fluffy filling from the middle to 1" from edge of pie. Refrigerate until set, then spoon clear filling into the depression.

Spiced Cranberry Relish

Ingredients:

3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 to 2/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
Dash of ground cloves
1 12 oz. package fresh cranberries
1/2 raisins- golden or purple
1/2 cup chopped pecans

In a medium saucepan combine juice, sugar and spices and bring to a boil until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and raisins and stir until cranberries pop. Remove from heat. Stir in pecans. Cover and chill. Serve with turkey or ham or pork or.... anything you think of to put the stuff on. IT IS GOOD!