My first recipe - Pear and Maple Bread Pudding

Food is such an important part of our life.....whether we like food or not....
My attempt is to make food consumption a little more interesting. It's not just by trying new recipes, it is the cooking process, the heat, how long it remains in the oven, maybe a little more sugar or maybe a little pinch of salt to add that punch........all these nuances matter!

I'll start of with a new recipe I tried -a twist on the original
Pear and Maple Bread Pudding I tried at the Pear Tree Cafe (I think it shut shop in 2007 but the owner was kind to pass on the recipe).
I must admit I am quite an avid learner in baking. It is an art something I keep striving the perfect. You get the temperature wrong, you get the proportions wrong, it all messes up. But you got to keep on trying. It helps when you have some guinea-pigs at home :) We tried this pudding and I fell in love with it immediately. I rarely try puddings as most of the time, they're either mushy or hard or just no right. This one was sweeter than I expected but the crunch and crisp was so right!!!
My twist - I added 2 apples and 2 pears instead of 4 pears and kept the skins on....it added some color to the pudding. Also, instead of maple syrup I added honey and reduced the sugar content in it. I like desserts but just right on the sweetness....not too much of it.
And it turned pretty good!