Bread And Butter Pudding With Butterscotch Sauce (lighter)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter, melted (optional) or 1 tablespoon i can't believe it's not butter! spray (optional)
• 2 slices sourdough bread or 2 slices whole wheat sourdough bread
• 1 egg
• 1 -2 tablespoon splenda granular
• 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk or 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 -2 tablespoon semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
• 1 teaspoon splenda brown sugar blend (optional) or 1 teaspoon splenda granular (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons splenda brown sugar blend
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons fat-free evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• cool whip lite, to top (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pudding:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 3 grease two 1-cup ramekins.
• 4 brush melted butter onto bread slices. cut them into small cubes. put aside.
• 5 in a medium bowl, whisk egg and splenda together until pale.
• 6 whisk in milk, extract, and zest until well combined.
• 7 stir in bread cubes and chocolate chips until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• 8 spoon into 2 prepared ramekins.
• 9 topping:.
• 10 mix together brown sugar splenda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• 11 sprinkle over the pudding tops.
• 12 place pudding ramekins into a small baking dish filled halfway with hot water so that they are each surrounded by the water.
• 13 bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.
• 14 butterscotch sauce:.
• 15 in a 2-cup glass pyrex, stir together brown sugar splenda, salt, cream of tartar and cornstarch.
• 16 slowly stir in evaporated milk and put 1 tbsp of butter in it.
• 17 microwave on high for 3 minutes.
• 18 stir in vanilla.
• 19 reheat if made ahead.
• 20 to serve:.
• 21 drizzle hot sauce over puddings.
• 22 top with a dollop of cool whip lite, if desired.