Hey bees and bears...its slowly approaching my favorite time of year. The fall season. Oh how i love fall. Its the prelude to winter. I just love the brisk weather, the colors of fall, and all of the delicious flavor profiles that come along with it. One thing you will see all over the place during the next few months will be panetone. I used to turn my nose up at these boxes of breads in disgust. (really..how can bread in a box be edible).
one day I was watching Giada on the food network where she featured a recipe for bread pudding made with Panetone. Im an open minded kind of girl. so i decided to give it a whirl, and I've been using this recipe ever since. I hope you're inspired to try it. I guarantee you will love love love it and definately include in in your holiday celebration. I know, seems a bit premature to  be thinking about holiday menues already, however as far as im concerned you can never start preparing early enough.

Bread Pudding
1 (1lb panetone) cut into cubes
8 large eggs
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 1/2 cups whole milk 1
1/4 cups of sugar


Butter a 9x13 baking dish. Put your cut up cubes of panetone in the baking dish.Combine your eggs, cream,milk and sugar together with a whisk. Pour over the cubes of bread and press down so the bread can absorb the custard mixture. Refridgerate for two hours. Press down every so often making sure the bread is soaked through.  Preheat your over at 350 degrees and bake this off for 35 to 45 minutes until golden brown and puffy.

Cinnamon syrup

1 cup water
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 tbs heavy cream
1/2 tsp cinnamon

combine sugar and water in a heavy medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce to about a cup. Bring syrup off the heat and stir in cream and cinnamon.

This recipe is so easy . I love it when i get a celebrity recipe thats easy to duplicate. Well I hope yyou have fun making this and please feel free to leave your comment and tell me what you think of it.

Off for now boys and girls!