New Orleans Bread Pudding and Whiskey Sauce

Bread Pudding
1 loaf day old french bread

2 tbs butter
4 cups of milk
3 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of raisins (opitional)
2 tbs of vanilla
1/2tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon

preheat oven to 305 degrees. Butter a 13x9 baking dish. Break bread into chunks. pour milk over bread, when soft, break into smaller bits and let bread absorb all the milk. Beat eggs and sugar together until think and smooth. Stir in raisins, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour mixture over bread and combine ingredients. Pour bread in to baking dish. Place this dish in larger pan filled with 1" of water. Bake for 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.

Whiskey Sauce

8 TBS pf butter
1 Egg
1 Cup of sugar
1Cup of bourbon, rum or brandy

Melt butter in a double broiler. stir sugar and eggs together in a bowl and add to the butter. stir 2-3 minutes until sugar dissolves. remove from heat and cool before adding bourbon, rum or brandy. serve warm.