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Croissant and Date pudding

We had to celebrate a birthday suddenly. I had croissants and orange juice. So I tried making something out of it based on  Carrot Croissant pudding . 2 cups of orange juice. 2 eggs. A packet of  Butternut Squash of Green giant veggie blend ins A mashed ripe banana 3 Costco croissants cut into pieces. some sugar to taste (as the juice already has some sugar in it.) In the oven at 350F for 30 min (just the right time for the cake to be picked up). This has a tangy taste. And goes well with ice cream. My sister thought it felt like  Double ka meetha , a bread pudding. Alternately if you have marmalade, and can/will use heavy cream, then you can follow  Sweet Orange Croissant pudding  recipe. In a  House Warming scavenger hunt  game, the clue was 'a cup, tsp, tbsp can be found here'. we forgot that it had to be something that fits in a plastic cover. And looked to cabinets. the answer was 'recipe book'. Duh!

Most Croissant puddings called for heavy cream. Trip to grocery store is not an option. This  Quick Croissant Pudding  calls for condensed milk which I did stack in the refrigerator. And then when I had to put the fruit cocktail in, I thought why not  Carrots from Green Giant veggie Blend-ins  and if that wasnt enough, this recipe would also have the butternut squash in it. With Butter Pecan icecream, Carrot Butter Croissant Pudding goes really well. And the condensed milk speaks louder than the butter and the thin layers of croissant.