Recipes
Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1/2 loaf of french bread (4 cups)
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates, raisins, or dried
cranberries or cherries
- 3 slightly beaten eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsps ground cinnamon (you can use ground cloves
too)
- Whiskey Sauce
- 2 T bourbon
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk (beaten)
- 2 T water
- Whiskey Sauce: In a small saucepan melt
butter. Stir in egg yolk, and water. Cook
about 5 minutes over medium-low heat or
until the sugar dissolves and mixture
thickens. Remove from heat and add bourbon.
Makes about 2/3 cup sauce. Set aside.
Preheat oven at 350. Tear the French bread into small
pieces to equal 4 cups. Combine bread, milk, and dates
(your dried fruit of choice). Mix together eggs, sugar,
melted butter, vanilla, and cinnamon. Stir into bread
mixture and blend well. Turn into a greased square 8 x 8 x
2"baking dish. Bake at 350 for 40 to 50 minutes. Garnish
with fresh mint. Serve warm with Whiskey Sauce. Note:
This can be served with a fruit topping as well as the
Whiskey Sauce.
Makes 8 to 9 servings.