Bread Pudding French Quarter-style With Rum Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 3/4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups french bread cubes
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 2 -3 tablespoons cream or 2 -3 tablespoons half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f.
• 2 bread pudding: in large bowl, combine eggs, condensed milk,.
• 3 water, butter, cinnamon and vanilla; beat well.
• 4 stir in bread cubes and raisins, if desired, moistening completely.
• 5 pour mixture into a buttered, 9", deep-dish pie plate.
• 6 bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour.
• 7 cool and serve with rum sauce, if desired.
• 8 refrigerate leftovers.
• 9 rum sauce:.
• 10 in a bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, rum and enough cream to make smooth creamy sauce.
• 11 serve over bread pudding, if desired.
• 12 makes 8 servings.