Mexican Bread Pudding W/ Amaretto Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb egg bread
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons almond extract
• 3/4 cup golden raisin
• 3/4 cup chopped dried apricot
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur

Recipe

• 1 tear bread into 1 in pieces.
• 2 combine with milk and cream in a large bowl, let stand.
• 3 mix sugar, eggs, and almond extract thoroughly.
• 4 add to bread mixture, make sure the bread is well coated.
• 5 add almonds, raisins and chopped apricots.
• 6 spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray.
• 7 heat oven to 325 degrees.
• 8 spoon mixture into dish and bake until firm approx 50 minutes.
• 9 cut into servings and top with sauce below.
• 10 sauce:.
• 11 stir sugar and butter in top of a double boiler until butter melts and sugar.
• 12 dissolves.
• 13 remove and whip egg with amaretto and put into the sugar mixture.