Cranberry Bread Pudding And Amaretto Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 1/2 cups roughly chopped bread (try mixing baguette and brioche)
• 2 cups milk
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon amaretto
• 1/2 cup cranberries
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted
• 1/2 tablespoon amaretto

Recipe

• 1 bread pudding: in a large mixing bowl, place eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla and amaretto. mix thoroughly. add bread and cranberries and toss in the liquid. set it aside to soak (10-15 minutes).
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f grease muffin tin with butter. fill the miffin cups and place on the middle rack of the oven.
• 3 bake in the oven for approximately 25-30 minutes, or until the center is firm. insert a skewer into the center to test. if it comes out wet, keep baking.
• 4 while bread pudding is in the oven, prepare amaretto sauce.
• 5 amaretto sauce:.
• 6 in a pan, melt butter over medium heat. add sugar. when the sugar has dissolved and begins to caramelize add the cream and bring to a simmer. stir occasionally, until the sauce begins to thicken.
• 7 add in toasted almonds and the amaretto. remove from heat. drizzle the warm sauce over the bread pudding.