Cooking Our Way

8 cups milk
1 lb powdered sugar
20 oz. bread, cubed
cinnamon
10 eggs
2 T. vanilla
raisins

Put bread in bowl and cover with milk.  Let stand, stirring occasionally until bread is well soaked.  Add balance of ingredients and mix well.  Pour into buttered pan and sprinkle with additional cinnamon.  Place pan in pan of hot water and bake in 350 degree oven for two hours. Place loose cover over top for first hour of baking.  Cool and serve with whipped cream.

WHISKEY SAUCE
In Louisiana and Mississippi this is the sauce often served with bread pudding.

1 cup cream
1 T. butter
1 cup sugar
½ t. cornstarch
1 t. ground cinnamon
5 T. whiskey

In saucepan heat the cream, sugar, cinnamon and butte together until almost boiling.  Meantime mix the cornstarch with the whiskey and stir in into the hot liquid.  Bring just to the boil to thicken.  To serve, pour a few spoonful of the sauce on serving plate.  Place portion of pudding on top and dust with powdered sugar.