Thread: bread pudding
View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.diabetic
Jacquie Jacquie is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 354
Default bread pudding

Disregard...I had cheesecake on my mind..not bread pudding...LOL.

"Jacquie" > wrote in message
news
>
> "Alice Faber" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> "A R Pickett" > wrote:
>>
>>> "Susan" wrote
>>>
>>> >
>>> > A R Pickett wrote:
>>> >> I haven't posted for awhile, my life is unsettled. Both my husband
>>> >> and I
>>> >> are T2. I am more inclined to attempt to rein in my sweet tooth, he
>>> >> still likes his unfettered and demanding. So I'm always on the
>>> >> lookout
>>> >> for ideas for dessert.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've tried Splenda's cheesecake recipie with good results, and today
>>> >> came
>>> >> up with this:
>>> >>
>>> >> 2 cups dried bread crumbs - I had a mixture of whole grain and white
>>> >> crumbs in the freezer which I made from the dry ends of loaves of
>>> >> bread
>>> >> and just kept for "whenever"
>>> >> 1/4 c melted butter
>>> >> 2 eggs
>>> >> 2 cups plain unsweetened almond milk
>>> >> 1/2 cup Splenda
>>> >> 1/2 tsp cinnamon
>>> >> 1/4 tsp nutmeg
>>> >> 1/4 tsp salt
>>> >> 1 cup of add-ins consisting of some diced cranberries, some dried
>>> >> blueberries, some dried cherries, and some diced walnuts. The
>>> >> berries
>>> >> were just the amounts left over from other various projects
>>> >>
>>> >> I put the bread crumbs in a small greased pyrex dish, added the
>>> >> butter
>>> >> and stirred it up.
>>> >>
>>> >> I beat the eggs, added the almond milk, the Splenda and the spices
>>> >> and
>>> >> beat them well together, then stirred in the fruit and nuts and
>>> >> poured
>>> >> the mixture over the bread crumbs.
>>> >>
>>> >> Baked it for 1 hr 10 min at 325 degrees.
>>> >>
>>> >> It's pretty good, and the sweet tooth guy liked it! I figure a half
>>> >> cup
>>> >> serving is one carb, more or less.
>>> >>
>>> >> Happy New Year, everyone!
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Is a serving 1/4 tsp?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Susan
>>>
>>> I'm not sure I understand your comment, but, assuming you are
>>> challenging my
>>> computation of the carb value - how would you compute it? I figured
>>> that
>>> 1/2 cup of the pudding would have carb value from the bread crumbs and
>>> the
>>> fruits, and that counting it as one carb value (15g) would be a good
>>> guide.
>>>

>>
>> The major carb contribution is the bread crumbs which are probably
>> comparable in carb content to wheat flour, which has 24 grams of carbs
>> per 1/4 cup. So, 8 times that would be 200 grams of carbs. I don't know
>> about the almond milk off hand, but the fruit would be an additional 20
>> grams of carb. Assuming you get 10 servings out of this entire recipe,
>> this would probably be 25 grams of carb/serving. The key is that the
>> bread = flour.
>>
>> --
>> "[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly.
>> This, apparently, upsets the fools."
>> ---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest
>>

> A nice Pecan crust could take the place of the bread crumbs. I would just
> make the cheesecake without the add ins...and put a few strawberries on my
> slice. Sometimes I will mix strawberries with some Splenda and sit it in
> the fridge for a day...then the juices come out of the berry and makes a
> fine sauce for a cheesecake topping.
>
>