NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING/WHISKEY SAUCE

Submitted by: Nancy Ashton VanHook/Knoxville,Tennessee (1998)
Daughter of Cy & Ann Engelbach Ashton



PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes or less on each part

SIZE OF PAN: 13 x 9 inch pan

BAKING TIME: 1 hour

OVEN TEMPERATURE: 360F degrees

INGREDIENTS:
1 loaf stale French bread
1 quart of milk
3 eggs
1 cup fresh apple, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 cup raisins
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 tablespoon melted margarine

WHISKEY SAUCE:
8 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
whiskey to taste

DIRECTIONS:
Soak bread in milk.
Crush with hands until well mixed.
Add eggs, sugar, vanilla and fruit.
Pour margarine in bottom of thick pan.
Pour in mixture.
Bake until very firm.
Cool and cut into cubes, Serve with sauce.

WHISKEY SAUCE:
Cream butter and sugar.
Cook in double boiler until sugar is dissolved.
Add well-beaten egg; (whip so egg doesn't curdle).
Cool; add whiskey; serve over bread pudding.

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