4 winter bread pudding Recipes

fresh or frozen cranberries (about 8 oz), sugar, water, very thin firm white sandwich bread , crusts discarded, golden delicious apples (about 1 1/2 lb total ), cinnamon sticks, whole cloves tied in cheesecloth, unflavored gelatin

whole-wheat multi-grain bread , preferably stale, cut into large cubes (about 6 cups), half-and-half, eggs, sugar, whiskey or bourbon, pure vanilla extract, fine salt, freshly grated nutmeg, dried pears or a combination of pears and apricots, chopped, sugar and 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon mixed together, walnuts or pecans, toasted, cream or yogurt

a 12-oz bag of fresh cranberries , picked over, firm ripe-pear, peeled, cored, and chopped fine, light brown sugar, dried sour cherries (available at specialty foods shops) or golden raisins, chopped dried apricots, two 2-inch strips of lemon zest removed with a vegetable peeler, a 3-inch cinnamon stick, cranberry juice cocktail, vanilla, homemade-type white bread, crusts removed, lightly sweetened whipped cream as an accompaniment