Bread Pudding French Quarter-style With Rum Sauce

i love bread pudding and this is one of the best

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• Bread Pudding

• 3  eggs, beaten
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 3⁄4 cups hot water
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4  cups  French bread cubes
• 1⁄2 cup raisins (optional)

• Rum Sauce

• 2  cups confectioners' sugar
• 2  tablespoons rum
• 2 -3  tablespoons  cream or 2 -3  tablespoons half-and-half

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Bread Pudding: In large bowl, combine eggs, condensed milk,.
3. water, butter, cinnamon and vanilla; beat well.
4. Stir in bread cubes and raisins, if desired, moistening completely.
5. Pour mixture into a buttered, 9", deep-dish pie plate.
6. Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour.
7. Cool and serve with rum sauce, if desired.
8. Refrigerate leftovers.
9. Rum Sauce:
10. In a bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, rum and enough cream to make smooth creamy sauce.
11. Serve over bread pudding, if desired.
12. Makes 8 servings.