Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (10 ounce) french bread, stale loaf, crumbled
• 4 cups milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup bourbon (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 bread pudding:.
• 2 combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
• 3 mixture should be moist but not soupy (oatmeal consistency).
• 4 pour into a buttered 9" by 12" (or larger) baking dish.
• 5 place in 'non-preheated' oven.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until top is golden brown.
• 7 serve with warm whiskey sauce.
• 8 whiskey sauce:.
• 9 cream butter and sugar over medium heat until all butter is absorbed.
• 10 remove from heat and blend in egg yolk.
• 11 pour in bourbon gradually stirring constantly.
• 12 sauce will thicken as it cools.
• 13 serve warm over bread pudding.