Old Fashioned Banana Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 4 cups french bread (stale bread) or 4 cups sourdough bread, cubed (stale bread)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup banana, sliced
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375*f.
• 2 in a 2-quart casserole melt 1/4 cup butter in oven for 4 to 6 minutes.
• 3 stir in bread cubes.
• 4 in medium bowl slightly beat eggs, stir in remaining pudding ingredients "except bananas".
• 5 stir in bananas.
• 6 pour over bread cubes, stir to coat.
• 7 bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
• 8 meanwhile in a 1 quart saucepan melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat.
• 9 stir in sugar and cornstarch, add remaining ingredients "except for vanilla".
• 10 continue cooking, stirring occasionally until sauce come to a full boil, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• 11 stir in vanilla.
• 12 serve sauce over warm pudding.