Ingredients

• 1 pound loaf brioche bread

• Butter, for greasing baking dish

• 2 cups milk

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 6 eggs

• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

• 1 ½ cups sugar

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 4 cups mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)

• Powdered sugar, for dusting

Steps

1. Grease a 9 by 13 inch baking dish with some unsalted butter

2. Cut a 1 pound loaf of brioche bread into 1 inch size cubes

3. Place a little more than half of the bread cubes into the greased baking dish and spread the bread cubes around so they cover the bottom of the dish

4. In a large bowl, combined 2 cups of milk, 1 cup of heavy cream, 6 eggs, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, 1 ½ cups of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

5. Whisk the milk and egg mixture to combine

6. Gradually pour over about half of the mixture all over the bread cubes in the pan, soaking as much as the bread as possible

7. Spread 2 cups worth of mixed berries all over on top of the soaked bread cubes

8. Spread the remaining half of bread cubes all over the layer of mixed berries and use your hands to evenly distribute the bread across the top 

9. Pour the remaining half of the egg and milk mixture all over the bread cubes, again soaking as much as the bread as possible

10. Sprinkle another 2 cups worth of mixed berries all over the top of the bread

11. Loosely cover the top of the baking dish with some tin foil

12. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Use the time it takes for the oven to heat up to allow the bread pudding to sit and absorb some of the liquid

13. Bake the bread pudding in the oven covered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes

14. Then take the covered bread pudding out of the oven, remove the tin foil, and return uncovered to bake for another 15 to 20 minutes

15. Remove the patriotic bread pudding from the oven

16. Dust the top of the patriotic bread pudding with some powdered sugar and enjoy

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