Banana Oat Bread Pudding

"Mine was DELICIOUS. But I must say that I did make quite a few changes.... 6 slices of bread instead of 4, 1/4 cup applesauce plus 1 tablespoon smart balance light instead of butter, added 1 teaspoo..." See moren vanilla, and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Omitted raisins and added 1/2 cup walnuts. While the bread and oats were soaking, I mixed together everything but the bananas. I mashed up one of the 4 bananas and added it to the cinnamon mixture and let it soak in the fridge while the bread/oats were doing their thing for about 1 1/2 hours. Baked for 55 minutes and came out perfect! (see my photo!) I recommend 'chopping' the bananas instead of slicing so that you get more of them distributed throughout the dish and you get a little in every bite. This was great for dessert but even better for breakfast. I think rum or rum extract would really make this yummy."

"Pretty tasty - I used white bread instead of whole wheat, light margarine instead of butter, and nonfat milk instead of lowfat, and I don't think it made a difference. I did use raisins. This is a g..." See moreood way to use leftover bananas, oats, the heels of bread loaves. The only addition I would make is a pinch or two of cinnamon - without it, this recipe was a little bland."

"My husband loves it! And it smells wonderful. I did add 2 eggs as other people have suggested, the pudding seems to hold better. I served it with vanilla ice cream. It's a hit!!!..." See more"