Apple Caramel Bread Pudding

Perfect for brunch or dessert ... what's better than apple and caramel?

Ingredients:

5 1/2 cups stale bread cubes

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

5 eggs

1 1/4 cups milk

1/4 cup dulce de leche, more for drizzling (Found with sweetened condensed milk in the grocery store)

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups peeled, diced apples

cinnamon

Combine the brown sugar, baking powder, eggs, milk, dulce de leche and vanilla in a large bowl. You may want to warm the dulce de leche and milk together before combining with the rest just so the caramel blends more easily.

Add the bread cubes to the bowl and mix so that all the bread is soaking in the liquid. Let sit at least 5 minutes.

For the bread I used regular white and whole wheat bread heels that I saved in the freezer, but use any bread you like. Challah or panettone would be awesome!

Next melt the butter and pour it into a 10" cast iron skillet, coating the bottom and up the sides. Pour the pudding mixture into the pan and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes.

Drizzle with more dulce de leche to serve.

Serves 6-8