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Creole Bread Pudding – Featured Recipe

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A very special dessert for family or special guests!

(Posted by: Louisiannie on the Teachers.Net Recipes Chatboard)
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CREOLE BREAD PUDDING

1/2 C unsalted butter, softened
1 C sugar
5 lrg eggs, room temp
1/4 C brown sugar
3 C whipping cream
grated nutmeg
1 T vanilla

2 baking pans, one must fit inside the other

Beat butter, med. speed with mixer. Gradually add sugars,
salt, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at time, beating well after
each. Gradually add cream, mix well. Stir in vanilla,
nutmeg. Cut bread into 1-inch slices or cubes. Place bread
into large mixing bowl, pour mixture over.

Cover, refrigerate at least an hour. Overnight is better. Take
out of refrigerator about an hour before cooking, if you can.
(Otherwise, add a little time to first baking with foil on.)

After bread mixture soaks, pour 1/2 into smaller baking pan
that’s been buttered. Sprinkle with raisins, little more
brown sugar and cinnamon. Pour rest on top and repeat
raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon.

Start some water boiling. Preheat oven to 350.

Cover pan with foil, place in larger pan. When oven’s ready,
place 2 pans on middle shelf and pour water bath into
outside pan about half-way up inside pan. (Waiting to pour
hot water until your pans are on the oven shelf will help
prevent the water from spilling out onto you or the kitchen
floor. Be careful when you slide shelf into place.)

Bake 40 mins. Remove foil and bake another 10-15 mins until
top golden.

BOURBON SAUCE

1 stick butter
1 C sugar
1 lrg egg, room temp
1/4 C bourbon

Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over med. heat. In med.
bowl, mix sugar, egg.

Gradually pour in butter until blended. Do this slowly so
you don’t “cook” the egg. Return mixture to saucepan. Over
low heat, stir until mixture thickens, about 2 mins. Do not
boil. Add bourbon, continue cooking until sugar dissolves
and mixture thickens slightly, stirring constantly about 3 mins.

Spoon sauce over pudding servings. May also want to sprinkle
powdered sugar.