Bread Pudding

By Fleur de lis

This is great when you have extra French Bread loaves!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 8 cups french bread, cubed
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (melted)
• 2 handfuls of raisins-optional
• pecans if desired-1 cup
• Sauce:
• 4 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt
• (may add 1/4 cup rum to sauce if desired)

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together first four ingredients. In a 9x13 casserole dish spread out your bread cubes. Pour above mixture on bread crumbs and let it sit for 10 or so minutes. Push bread down with a spoon to make sure all bread gets wet.
In another bowl mix cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter (melted). Sprinkle over bread crumb mixture. Bake from 45-50 minutes until set.

Step 2

Sauce:
In a heavy saucepan whisk sauce ingredients and cook over medium heat. Stir constantly until sauce thickens smoothly. Top cooked pudding with sauce and serve.