The upside of 7 weeks on bedrest

One of the only good parts about being on bed rest is that I get to watch some good shows. Most of daytime television is a waste of time, especially since we don’t have cable, but one of my new favorites is a local morning program called Studio5. They have a cooking segment on everyday that has been focusing on fall recipes, which are my favorite! I figured I would share the wealth and post a couple of these recipes in case any of you are having fall parties and need some tasty ideas. The pictures don’t do the recipes justice but hopefully they will sound good based on the ingredient list! Also, today they had a segment on about a discount baby website that has fun products, like BabyLegs and Puddle Jumper shoes, for 50-80% off. They have a featured product everyday and sell out pretty fast. So if you want to check them out do it at 9:00 am MST because they can sell out in a matter of minutes depending on the product. The website is www.babysteals.com . Anyway...here are those recipes which look really yummy!


Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Ingredients:
• 5 - 6 cups rustic white bread, cut into cubes
• 1 cup pumpkin spice egg nog (cream may be substituted)
• 1 cup Milk
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup Brown sugar
• 2/3 cup White sugar
• 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 3 Tbs. Butter
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp ginger
• Dash of clove
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a bowl, pour milk and eggnog over cubed bread and stir to coat.
In a separate bowl, whisk eggs with brown and white sugar. Add pumpkin, butter, vanilla and spices. Add to the bread mixture. Stir well. Pour into an 11" x 7" baking dish. Sprinkle top with cinnamon & sugar mixture and bake for 45 - 60 minutes, until set.
Serve with Maple Cream Sauce and whipped cream.

Maple Cream Sauce
Ingredients:
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup cream
• 1 ½ Tbs. Butter
• ½ tsp Pumpkin pie spice

Method:
Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring almost to boil.
Sauce will thicken as it cools.
Serve over Pumpkin Bread pudding.
Also very good over ice cream, waffles or cheesecake.


Caramel Apple Pizza
Ingredients:
• Pizza crust (unbaked)
• ½ can sweetened condensed milk
• ½ brick cream cheese
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1-2 chopped apples
• Caramel sauce

Method:
Soften cream cheese and mix with sweetened condensed milk and spices.
Spread over crust. Spread chopped apples on top.
Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes (or according to crust directions)
Drizzle with caramel sauce before serving.