From, "At Your Service...Southern Recipes, Places and Traditions," published in cooperation with your Daily InBox Newsletter.
INGREDIENTS:
TO PREPARE:
Place the bread in a greased 2-quart baking dish. Mix the hot water and brown sugar in a bowl. Pour over the bread. Combine the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and mix well. Pour over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Drizzle with Vanilla Sauce.
NOTE: You may serve this bread pudding warm or cold.
TO PREPARE THE VANILLA SAUCE:
Mix the sugar and corn starch together. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the sugar mixture. Add the milk and corn syrup and stir to mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla. Serve warm.
YIELDS: 1-1/4 cups
SERVES: 8- 6 slices of bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups warm milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup light corn starch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
TO PREPARE:
Place the bread in a greased 2-quart baking dish. Mix the hot water and brown sugar in a bowl. Pour over the bread. Combine the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and mix well. Pour over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Drizzle with Vanilla Sauce.
NOTE: You may serve this bread pudding warm or cold.
TO PREPARE THE VANILLA SAUCE:
Mix the sugar and corn starch together. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the sugar mixture. Add the milk and corn syrup and stir to mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla. Serve warm.
YIELDS: 1-1/4 cups