Bread Pudding, Texas Style
Source of Recipe
TexaSweet
List of Ingredients
* ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
* ¾ cup sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 ¾ cups milk
* 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
* 1 ½ teaspoons nutmeg
* 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
* 5 cups (1-inch) french bread cubes, crusts removed
* 1/3 cup raisins (optional)
* Citrus Pecan Sauce (recipe below)
Recipe
Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs and beat well. Stir in milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Add bread cubes and raisins, stirring just until bread is moistened. Pour into a greased 9-inch square baking pan. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature with Citrus Pecan Sauce. Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Citrus Pecan Sauce
* 2 Texas Red Grapefruit, sectioned
* 2 Texas Oranges
* ¼ cup sugar
* 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
* dash of salt
* 3 tablespoons water
* 2 teaspoons butter or margarine
* 3 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted
Peel and section one grapefruit and one orange over a bowl, reserving juice. Set sections aside. Measure grapefruit juice; squeeze enough juice from remaining grapefruit to equal 6 tablespoons juice. Measure orange juice; squeeze enough juice from remaining orange to equal 6 tablespoons juice. Set aside.
Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan; stir in juices and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Add butter and stir until melted. Stir in grapefruit and orange sections and pecans. Serve warm or at room temperature with bread pudding. Yield: 2 cups
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