Bread Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 6 slices day-old bread
  • 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ cup seedless raisins
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 cups Almond milk (or regular milk)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Break bread into small pieces in a 1½ quart baking dish.
  2. Sprinkle cinnamon and raisins over bread.
  3. Drizzle with butter.
  4. Combine eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla.
  5. Add to bread mixture.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until firm.
  7. Best served warm with Rum Sauce.

Instructions

Butter Rum Sauce

(Makes 2 cups)

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 tablespoon nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • Rum/Captain Morgan Spiced Rum to taste

Directions

  1. Place milk, butter and sugar in saucepan and bring to boil.
  2. Heat oil in small skillet and stir in flour to make a smooth paste.
  3. Add some of the milk mixture to flour mixture and blend well.
  4. Return flour mixture to milk mixture in pan.
  5. Cook and stir until thickened and smooth.
  6. Add nutmeg, vanilla and rum to taste.
  7. Serve over pudding.
  8. Add a dollop of whipped cream when serving.

(Original recipe found in Recipes from Minnesota…with love by Betty Malisow)


Notes

From the Kitchen of La Mae Maiers