Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce and Fruit

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 14
Yield: 14 servings

Description

Bread pudding with apples and peaches, spiced with cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg and served warm with a whiskey butter sauce.

Ingredients

3 eggs, beaten
1 cup white sugar
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted, and sliced
4 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
6 cups day-old bread cubes
6 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
1 cup whiskey
1 pound butter
2 cups white sugar

Directions

1 Coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 In a large bowl, combine eggs, 1 cup sugar, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg and stir until smooth. Fold in peaches, apples and bread cubes, until bread is well coated. Pour into prepared baking dish. Dot with 6 tablespoons butter.
3 Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, until set. Serve warm with whiskey sauce.
4 To make whiskey sauce: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine whiskey, 1 pound butter and 2 cups sugar. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves and sauce is smooth. Remove from heat and serve hot.