Irish Bread Pudding With Caramel-whiskey Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/4 cup light butter, melted
• 1 (10 ounce) french baguettes, cut into 1 thick slices 1/2 cup raisins 1/4 cup irish whiskey 1 3/4 cups 1% low-fat milk 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup irish whiskey
• 1 3/4 cups 1% low-fat milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated skim milk
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/4 cup light butter
• 2 ounces neufchatel cheese
• 1/4 cup irish whiskey

Recipe

• 1 caramel-whisky sauce: combine sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.
• 2 cook an additional 15 minutes or until golden (do not stir).
• 3 remove from heat.
• 4 carefully add butter and cream cheese, stirring constantly with a whisk (mixture will be hot and bubble vigorously).
• 5 cool slightly, and stir in whiskey and milk.
• 6 pudding: preheat oven to 350f.
• 7 brush melted butter on one side of french bread slices, and place bread, buttered sides up, on a baking sheet.
• 8 bake bread at 350f for 10 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• 9 cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes, and set aside.
• 10 combine raisins and whiskey in a small bowl; cover and let stand 10 minutes or until soft (do not drain).
• 11 combine 1% milk and next 4 ingredients (1% milk through eggs) in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk.
• 12 add bread cubes and raisin mixture, pressing gently to moisten; let stand 15 minutes.
• 13 spoon bread mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• 14 combine 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pudding.
• 15 bake at 350f for 35 minutes or until set.
• 16 serve warm with caramel-whiskey sauce.
• 17 *substitute1/4 cup apple juice for the irish whiskey, if desired.