5 warm fruited bread pudding Recipes

armagnac, pitted prunes, assorted dried fruit (such as peaches, apricots, and pears), heavy cream, half-and-half, vanilla sugar or 3/4 cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling, cinnamon sticks, vanilla beans , split lengthwise and seeds scraped, orange , zest of, egg yolks, day-old brioche bread, cut into 1 1/4-inch cubes, unsalted butter, room temperature , for parchment paper, sugar, cornstarch, salt, warm water, unsalted butter , cut into pieces, lemons , zest of, fresh lemon juice

mix and soak, diced mixed ripe mango and peaches( 1 large ripe mango, ripe peach or as needed to make 3 cups fruit), dark raisins, light rum, mix and soak, stale french bread sliced or cubed ( some french loaves are wide and fat, i use the more narrow ones ), heavy cream , warmed in the micro or stove top, beat till pale and thick and lemon colored, eggs, room temp, sugar, clear vanilla, mixed apple pie spices ( or pinches of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves ), salt, extra cream or half and half if needed if mixture seems too dry, unsalted butter pats, grated nutmeg

whole wheat bread , day old, cut in 1/2 inch cubes, candied ginger, diced, dried apples, diced, water, splenda brown sugar blend , packed, egg substitute, fat free evaporated milk, warmed, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, salt

butter, leftover danish or donuts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, milk, dried apricots, chopped, chopped dried cranberries , craisins and/or sultanas (small seedless raisins), amaretto , whiskey, or warm water, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, fresh strawberries, cleaned, fresh raspberries, fresh blackberries or boysenberries, banana, peeled, peach, peeled, pit removed, and sliced, lemon, juiced, vanilla frozen yogurt or vanilla ice cream, softened, fresh mint, for garnish