Dessert Recipes
Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce
Yield: 2 cups Vanilla Sauce
Ingredients
Pudding
- 2 1/4 cups milk
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cups day-old bread cubes (1 inch)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup seedless raisins
Vanilla Sauce
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups boiling water
- 4 tablespoons. butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract *
- Dash of nutmeg
Instructions
Pudding
- Combine milk and eggs; pour over bread cubes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour mixture into an 8 inch round baking dish. Place in shallow pan on oven rack; pour hot water around it 1-inch deep.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and outside comes out clean. Serve with Vanilla Sauce.
Vanilla Sauce
- Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan. Add the boiling water gradually, stirring constantly. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes or until clear and thick, while stirring constantly.
- Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Serve hot with the bread pudding.
Notes
* Brandy, rum or sherry to taste may replace the vanilla extract.