Bread Pudding

[Gina]

I love bread pudding and would like to try it, does anyone have a receipe they care to share.. I would like to make it for Thanksgiving.. Thank You!

[gja1000]

Oh Man! This is the BEST bread pudding!!! I don't make it very often because I will eat the whole freakin' pan!!! :D

1 loaf french bread
2 quarts low fat milk
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 T vanilla
1/4 lb unsalted butter - melted
1 1/2 cup raisins

Soak french bread in milk. Crush till well mixed. Beat eggs in separate bowl, gradually add sugar, vanilla, stir will. Add raisins. Pour butter in bottom of baking pan. Add egg mix to bread and milk and blend until bread is soaked through. Pour into baking pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour.

Now for the BEST part:

Whiskey Sauce
1/4 lb unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup whiskey.

Melt butter in pan and stir in sugar over medium heat. Beat the egg (just a little ) in a dish, add a little of the heated butter/sugar to egg and stir. Then stir egg mix into butter/sugar and mix well. Add the whiskey and cook over medium heat till thickened. Pour over bread pudding.

Now, let me tell you, I am not a whiskey drinker, don't care for the taste - but this sauce is to DIE FOR on bread pudding!

[Marilyn]

Gayle, I know Gina ask for it, but thank you for sharing. I was hoping someone would post a really good recipe. I love bread pudding. My mother used to make it, but she made two sauces. A wine sauce for the grownups, and a vanilla pudding sauce for me. I'll have to try your recipe, and may even make the whiskey sauce since I'm all grown up now. :D

[gja1000]

My grandmas always made bread pudding too - out of the leftover homemade bread she made every few days. WOW! Was it ever good. I don't know what kind of sauce she made, probably a vanilla sauce.

[Gina]

Thank you Gayle that sounds deliciousssssssss mmmmmmmm.. I am going to try it whether it be for Thanksgiving or Christmas... I had it for the first time on a cruise and boy was it yummy.. I just printed thanks!

[Marilyn]

One thing that we thought was funny, when our oldest daughter went off to college in Arkansas, some of the people from the church would invite the college students over to their homes for food and fellowship. One of the ladies served bread pudding. Our daughter was delighted, but very surprized that lots of the students from states outside the south did not know what it was. Bread Pudding??? What is that?? Some were afraid to try it.

A year of private university in Arkansas cost a bunch and only yeilded 6 transferrable credits, but she learned a lot from the experience. There were students there from all over the country and the world.

Bread pudding, Yuuuuummmm!!!

[Nina]

Oh, I love bread pudding! Thanks for that recipe! I'm gonna try it!

[DianaB]

We discovered bread pudding a while back at a little restaurant that we were going to. I may have to make this but I don't think that I could do the whiskey sauce with it. I'll have to look for the vanilla sauce. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.

[Dobie]

Jim loves bread pudding - I've never been a big fan.

[Blueyes]

Hey Gayle! I've been looking at the recipes here and found this one. I'm going to make it for Mike (not that he needs it) because he LOVES bread pudding!! I'll let you know how it turns out :)

[gja1000]

Hey Gayle! I've been looking at the recipes here and found this one. I'm going to make it for Mike (not that he needs it) because he LOVES bread pudding!! I'll let you know how it turns out :)

The best part of this recipe is the whiskey sauce. And I don't generally like liquor in my food - just don't care for the taste - not that I'm opposed to liquor in food. But this really works with the whiskey taste - it is IMHO, fabulous! I had never made bread pudding before trying this recipe, and it turned out very good.

Good luck, hope Mike likes it! Gary loves bread pudding too! They have to splurge a bit during the holidays, don't cha think! :p

[Blueyes]

I DO think they need to splurge :) I will definitely make the whiskey sauce. We just happen to have some in the cabinet;) Mike will be so surprised!!

[Blueyes]

OK Gayle, I made the bread pudding. I myself am not a fan of bread pudding..I thought, lol... but OH MY GOSH this is SO SO good!! I'm going to make myself sick:p

I thought 2 T of vanilla was alot, but I used it. It MAKES it!!! I hope I cooked the sauce long enough...it's still too hot to tell.

Mike is thrilled!! Thank you so much Gayle:) Now if I can just find room in the refrigerator:eek:

[gja1000]

Oh Betsi! I'm so glad you liked it - you never know if someone else will have your same "taste" for something.

If you think the pudding is good, just wait till you spoon the sauce over it - the pudding + sauce just sends me over the moon!

Now, I'm going to have to make some - you've made me hungry for it!!! :D

[Gina]

I forgot about this recipe thanks Betsi... I just printed it and will make this week for NYE.. Gayle it sounds awesome... I have been eating cookies non stop :(
I baked for Christmas and now will bake for NYE and thats it..

[Blueyes]

Make it a day early Gina. It's better after it sits...if that's possible, lol!! My bunch fought over it:p

[Gina]

thanks for that suggestion Betsi :)