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Bread pudding is one of those super comforting winter desserts, and my gluten free bread pudding recipe has an extra special festive twist! I remember my mum making bread pudding when I was a child and there is something about the warming cinnamon smells that waft from the oven when it’s cooking that make it so deliciously nostalgic.
I wanted my gluten free bread pudding recipe to be a little bit special as it’s so close to Christmas, so I added a generous glug of amaretto to the mix. This pairs perfectly with the spiciness of the cinnamon and fruity currants.
For this recipe I used the Genius gluten free spicy fruit loaf. I absolutely adore this bread toasted and slathered in butter, and I knew instantly it would be perfect for this gluten free bread pudding recipe. You can use normal gluten free bread, but this adds a whole new level of taste – it’s out of this world!
Sprinkled with a dusting of icing sugar, and served straight from the oven with hot custard, this gluten free bread pudding is a real treat. You absolutely have to try it! I’d love to give it a go with Bailey’s too – maybe that can be my next experiment! And if you’re not too keen on the idea of amaretto, you can easily substitute it with a little extra milk for an alcohol-free version!
Gluten free bread pudding recipe with amaretto
Gluten free bread pudding with amaretto
This gluten free bread pudding is spicy and sweet with a delicious boozy twist thanks to a glug of amaretto.
Ingredients
- 500 g Genius gluten free fruit loaf
- 550 ml semi-skimmed milk
- 250 g dried currants
- 50 ml amaretto
- 2 large eggs
- 150 g light muscovado
- 100 g melted unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a cake/roasting tin (not a loose-base one).
- Tear the Genius gluten free spicy fruit bread up into a large mixing bowl and add the currants and cinnamon.
- Pour the milk and amaretto over the bread and use your fingers to scrunch everything up – you want to completely break up the bread so it mixes together.
- Whisk the eggsand add to the mixing bowl. Add the muscovado sugar and stir well. Leave to soak for five minutes.
- Melt the butter and pour into the mixture. Stir well and then pour the mixture into the lined baking tin.
- Scatter with the caster sugar and bake for 1 hour 40 minutes until firm and golden. If it starts to brown too much you can cover it with foil.
- Remove from the oven, dust with icing sugar and serve in squares with fresh custard.
You can find out more about the full Genius gluten free range on their website – and read about my Genius gluten free haul here too as well as my top tips for a gluten free Christmas.
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I had a genius white loaf and 2 rolls which were on their last day. Hating to waste food bread pudding was on the menu. As I did have a fruit loaf I added more fruit in the form of raisins, not keen on currant, and I put half a tsp of almond essence as no arrameto. The c pudding was brilliant thank you for the recipe. 5 stars
Made this the morning…………wow, just lovely, moreish.
I would never have thought of using the fruit loaf! A very brilliant idea.
Needless to say I will be making this again, soon probably!
I like it warm with lots of ordinary sugar, that’s how we had as children.
Mind you my Nan would cringe at this recipe! 🙂