Not Your Grandmother's Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 dozen large hot cross bun (less one piece broken off when i discovered the freshness!)
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 package skor english toffee bit, baking pieces
• 1 cup blanched slivered almond
• 4 cups milk, scaled and cooled
• 1 1/2 cups southern butter pecan liquid coffee creamer
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cut buns into half inch cubes.
• 2 drizzle melted butter over cubes and toss gently to coat.
• 3 add brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon, skor pieces and almonds, mixing gently to combine.
• 4 place in a lightly greased 4 quart casserole dish, set aside.
• 5 combine eggs, salt, and vanilla, beating until fluffy with a wisk.
• 6 add liquid coffee whitener to cooled milk and wisk into egg mixture.
• 7 pour over bun cube mixture and gently press cubes into liquid.
• 8 place casserole dish in a large pan ( i used my roaster) and fill with hot water one third up the side of the casserole dish.
• 9 bake @ 350 degrees for about 1 1/4 hours, or until knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.