Recipe - Cranberry-Orange Bread Pudding

1 Loaf French bread (about 8
Oz.)
One fourth cup (One half stick) butter or
Margarine, softened
4 Eggs
2 One half cup Halfandhalf
1/3 cup Orange flavor liqueur or
Orange juice
Three fourths cup Sugar
1 cup Cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease shallow 2 One half quart casserole. Cut
bread diagonally into One half inch thick slices. Lightly butter 1 side
of each bread slice. Arrange bread, butter side up, in prepared
casserole, overlapping slices slightly. 2. In bowl, whisk eggs,
halfandhalf, liqueur, and One half cup of the sugar
until well combined. Gradually pour egg mixture over bread slices in
casserole. Let stand for at least 20 minutes (or cover and
refrigerate mixture for up to 2 hours). With a fork, gently press
bread into egg mixture. Sprinkle bread mixture with cranberries,
and then with remaining One fourth cup sugar. 3. Bake for 4550 minutes, or
until pudding is browned and puffy and
knife inserted in center comes out clean.