Grand Marnier bread pudding

Grand Marnier  is an orange-flavored cognac liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle.
It is made from a blend of Cognac brandy, distilled essence of bitter orange, and sugar. . . Aaand
Grand Marnier  is 40% alcohol, yikes!
It goes great on this bread pudding, I serve it for breakfast.

Ingredients

1 loaf of challah bread
(the braided bread), I purchase mine at trader joes.
3 cups of whole milk
3 large eggs
4 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
5 tablespoons of Grand Marnier
1/2 of dry orange cranberries
A small pinch of salt


Generously grease an oven dish with unsalted butter.
Slice bread and arrange tightly into two layers.
Sprinkle dry cranberries all over bread and in between layers.
Whisk milk, eggs, cinnamon, sugar, salt and Grand Marnier in a bowl and pour over the bread.
(You can sprinkle additional cinnamon and sugar on top, I do).
Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in fridge for at least 2 hours,
the bread will absorb the mixture.

Preheat oven at 400°
bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden and garnish with
fresh fruit or powdered sugar..Or Coconut chips like i did.