Bread Pudding With Bourbon Sauce (microwave Recipe)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups french bread, day old, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons bourbon (or rum)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 for the bread pudding, in a 1 quart casserole, micro-melt the butter for 30-40 seconds.
• 2 add eggs and beat well.
• 3 blend in milk, sugar, raisins, vanilla and salt.
• 4 stir in bread cubes and let stand for 5 minutes.
• 5 gently stir the mixture and micro-cook, uncovered until set, about 5 1/2 to 6 minutes, stirring after 3 minutes.
• 6 for the bourbon sauce, in a 4 cup, glass cooking container, stir together the sugar and cornstarch; stir in water.
• 7 cook, uncovered, until thick and bubbly, about 3 minutes. cook 1 minute more and stir in butter and bourbon or rum. this makes about 1 1/4 cups sauce.
• 8 serve the warm bread pudding with this sauce.