Date Bread And Butter Pudding With Easy Boozy Toffee Sauce

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened plus extra for greasing
• 10 slices bread, crusts removed (good quality bread)
• 1 cup pitted dates, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups cream
• 2/3 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup superfine sugar, plus 2 t
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar, for sprinkling
• whipped cream
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
• 1 cup cream
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 1/4 cup sweet sherry

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease an 8-inch square ovenproof baking dish.
• 3 butter all bread slices.
• 4 set aside 4 bread slices and cut remaining 6 in half to make triangles.
• 5 place the 4 whole slices, buttered sides up, in dish.
• 6 sprinkle chopped dates over top.
• 7 arrange bread triangles, buttered sides up, on top to cover dates.
• 8 heat cream and milk in a saucepan, bringing almost to a boil.
• 9 meanwhile, whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla in a heatproof bowl, then pour the hot milk/cream combo on top, whisking as you go, to make a custard.
• 10 pour over bread and let soak for 20 minutes.
• 11 sprinkle brown sugar over bread.
• 12 place baking dish in a large roasting pan and carefully pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up side of dish.
• 13 bake 50-60 minutes or until golden and center is just set.
• 14 for toffee sauce:.
• 15 place butter, sugar and cream in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring throughout.
• 16 boil 4 minutes or until sauce has thickened.
• 17 remove pan from heat, let cool 1 minute, then add brandy and sherry.
• 18 makes 1 3/4 cups sauce.
• 19 serve bread with toffee sauce and whipped cream.
• 20 note: bread pudding can be made a day ahead, then reheated for about 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven until hot in center.