Amaretto Bread Pudding
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread
- 1 quart half-and-half
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond extract
- 3⁄4 cup golden raisin (optional)
- 3⁄4 cup sliced almonds (optional)
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AMARETTO SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1⁄4 cup amaretto liqueur
directions
- Cook's note: When not using the Amaretto sauce, add 4 tablespoons of Amaretto liqueur to the bread mixture.
- Preliminaries: Break the bread into small pieces and place in a medium bowl.
- Cover with the half-and-half.
- Cover the bowl and let stand for 1 hour.
- Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with the butter.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- In a small bowl beat together the eggs, sugar, and almond extract.
- Stir the mixture into the bread and milk.
- Gently fold in the raisins and almonds, if desired.
- Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared dish.
- Bake 50 minutes, until golden.
- Remove and cool.
- Sauce: In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, combine butter and sugar.
- Stir constantly until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is very hot.
- Remove from the heat and whisk in the egg.
- Continue whisking untiln the sauce has come to room temperature.
- Add the liqueur.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kim19068
United States