Ingredients:

1 16 oz. stale French bread (6-8 cups)                   5 bananas, halved and sliced

1 cup cream                                                               3 eggs (add before butter)

2 cups milk                                                                 2 Tbls. Vanilla

1 cup banana liquor                                                   1 cup chopped walnuts

2 cups sugar                                                              1 Tbls. cinnamon

8 Tbls. Butter, melted                                               

Combine all ingredients; mixture should be very moist but not soupy.  Pour into buttered 9 X 12 or larger baking dish.  Sprinkle the top with brown sugar.  Place into NON-PREHEATED oven.  Bake at 350° for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, until top is golden brown.  Serve with either sauce below.  To make different flavors of bread pudding use 1/3 flavor to 2/3 milk or cream.

Whiskey Sauce 

Ingredients:

½ cup butter

1 ½ cup powdered sugar

2 egg yolks

½ cup rum (may want to use slightly less)

Cream butter and sugar over medium heat until all butter is absorbed.  Remove from heat and temper yolks.  Then blend in remaining egg yolk.  Pour in bourbon gradually to your own taste, stirring constantly.  Sauce will thicken as it cools.  Serve warm over bread pudding.

Hard Sauce

Ingredients:

7/8 cup sugar                                                 1 egg yolk

2 Tbls. Cornstarch                                          2 Tbls. Butter, melted

2 cups hot milk                                                1 Tbls. Vanilla

Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan over low heat.  Gradually add hot milk.  Beat egg yolk with small amount of hot milk.  Add mixture to milk.  Add melted butter and Vanilla.

Stir mixture over low heat 15 minutes or until thick.