Bread Crumb Cherry Casserole

Name: Bread Crumb Cherry Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 1 kg sweet cherries; 6 day‑old bread rolls; 0.5 l lukewarm milk; 4 eggs; 125 g sugar; 1 packet vanilla sugar; 2 tsp grated lemon zest; 0.5 tsp cinnamon; 2 tbsp butter; powdered sugar (for dusting)

Prep: 15min

| Servings: 4 | Cook: 45min

Bread crumb cherry casserole is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the stone fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

1 kg sweet cherries
6 day‑old bread rolls
0.5 l lukewarm milk
4 eggs
125 g sugar
1 packet vanilla sugar
2 tsp grated lemon zest
0.5 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1.
Wash, trim and pit the cherries. Slice the bread into rounds.
2.
Whisk the milk with the eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, lemon zest and cinnamon. Line the bottom of a greased baking dish with a layer of bread slices, top with cherries. Repeat layers until all bread and cherries are used. Pour the egg mixture over everything and let it set for about 15 minutes.
3.
Top the cherry mix with butter chunks and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (lower rack) for about 45–50 minutes until golden brown. Remove, dust with powdered sugar and serve.