Cranberry Walnut Maple Bread Pudding

Serves 10
4 -41⁄2 cups cranberry walnut bread, cubed
4 large eggs
21⁄4 cups milk
1⁄2 cup maple syrup 
1⁄4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
½ cup warmed maple syrup
Ice cream or whipped cream

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. ​Grease a 1½ quart casserole or baking dish.
3. Place the bread cubes into the prepared pan.
4. ​​​Whisk the eggs, milk, syrup, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt together. Pour over the bread cubes. Let sit for 15 minutes to absorb the liquid. Press the cubes down into the liquid if the edges are dry.
5. Bake the pudding for about 50 minutes, until the pudding has puffed up and is light brown around the edges.
6. Remove from the oven and let stand for a few minutes, the pudding will sink as it sits, as it should.
7. Serve warm topped with whipped cream or ice cream and drizzled with warmed maple syrup.