"Sandy's Recipe Room"

ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "SANDY'S RECIPE ROOM"
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Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
(From River Road Recipes II... A Second Helping)

INGREDIENTS:

For Pudding:

2 cups stale bread cubes (French bread is best)

4 cups milk, scalded

3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 eggs, slightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 to 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (optional)

For Whiskey Sauce:

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons butter

1 or 2 jiggers bourbon whiskey

DIRECTIONS

Soak bread in milk 5 minutes. Add sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in pecans. Pour into 1-1/2 quart baking dish. Bake in pan of hot water for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

To make whiskey sauce, cook first three ingredients until dissolved. Remove from heat and add whiskey. Serve over bread pudding. Best served warm.

SERVES 4 to 5

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