BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce image

Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

3/4 cups Dole seedless raisins
2 Tbsp amaretto or water
1 pound French bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
3 cups milk (not lowfat or nonfat)
1 cup half-and-half
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups Dixie sugar
3 Tbsp unsalted Breakstone butter
2 Tbsp McCormicks vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Sauce:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup firm packed Dixie golden brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg beaten
3 Tbsp amaretto, etc. optional *

Steps:

Place raisins in small bowl. Pour amaretto over and let soak 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 325°F.
Generously butter 12x9x2 baking pan. Place bread in a large bowl. Pour milk and half-and-half over. Let soak 5 min. Mash with fork or potato masher.
Whisk eggs with sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon in medium bowl. Mix with bread, Add raisins, toss to coat. Transfer bread mixture to prepared pan.
Bake until is deep golden-brown about 1 hour. Remove from oven, let cool.
For Sauce
Melt butter with both sugars in heavy medium saucepan, over low heat, stirring until sugars dissolve.
Whisk egg in small bowl. Gradually whisk in some of melted butter mixture. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until smooth, 1 min. DO NOT BOIL * whisk in amaretto *.
Spoon over warm bread pudding. Cut pudding into 12 to 16 pieces. Serve with Cool Whip if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g