New Orleans Bread Pudding With Amaretto Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 loaf french bread, stale cut into 1 inch cubes (i store the loaf in a cold oven over night to make it stale)
• 1 quart milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons amaretto (optional)
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 cup powdered sugar (for sauce)
• 1/2 cup butter (for sauce)
• 1/4 cup amaretto (for sauce)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 375 and grease a 9x13 pan(i use a disposable for easy clean up).
• 2 place bread cubes in a large bowl. in another bowl, mix together well, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, amaretto, cinnamon. pour over bread and let soak for 10-20 minutes.
• 3 pour into buttered 9x13 dish and bake for 45 to 1 hour till center is done and browned on top(for moister pudding add another pan of water on the rack below).
• 4 cool 10 minutes before serving with sauce.
• 5 for sauce: i always double this!
• 6 melt butter in a sauce pan. wisk in powdered sugar, then amaretto.
• 7 enjoy!