Old Fashion Bread Pudding With Caramel Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 7 cups bread or 7 cups egg bread, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 4 whole eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups half and half milk
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk

Recipe

• 1 place the bread cubes in a 9 x 13 buttered glass pan.
• 2 sprinkle the raisins over the bread.
• 3 drizzle on the melted butter, do not mix into the bread cubes and raisins.
• 4 set this aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, beat eggs until broken up and blend in the sugars, nutmeg, half and half and the milk.
• 6 do not over beat this mixture just combine.
• 7 pour the mixture over the cubes and raisins and let it all soak in, gently patting the bread down into the milk every now and then.
• 8 sprinkle the top with a grating of more nutmeg.
• 9 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 10 bake the pudding for 50 minutes, checking about the 40 minute mark, that its not getting too brown-- if it is cover with foil loosely.
• 11 bake until pudding is puffy all over and golden.
• 12 remove to rack to cool.
• 13 sauce-- in a saucepot over med.
• 14 heat, melt the butter, and brown sugar.
• 15 bring to a boil, and remove from the heat.
• 16 whisk in the salt, vanilla, and milk.
• 17 the sauce can be made ahead, then warmed in the microwave-- cut cooled pudding into squares, and top each with hot sauce.