Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter (softened, 1 stick)
• 1 (16 ounce) french bread
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 cups whole milk
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup whiskey (i use jack daniels)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 spread butter over bottom of 13x9 baking pan. break up french bread into bite size pieces and put in pan.
• 3 whisk eggs until frothy.
• 4 whisk into the eggs, the milk, cream, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
• 5 pour liquid over the bread pieces.
• 6 press bread and liquid down with a spatula until the bread is completely saturated.
• 7 bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour (top will be puffy and lightly browned).
• 8 sauce:.
• 9 melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan.
• 10 stir in all other ingredients except egg.
• 11 cook until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is blended.
• 12 remove from heat.
• 13 in a separate bowl, whisk the egg until frothy.
• 14 vigorously whisk the egg into the sauce mixture.
• 15 set the sauce over medium heat and stir gently; bring the sauce to a simmer.
• 16 remove from heat and cool until thickened, about one minute.
• 17 pour over bread pudding when the bread pudding is finished.