Mexican Bread Pudding W/ Amaretto Sauce

Creamy bread pudding with a great Amaretto sauce.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 10

Ingredients

• 1  lb  egg bread
• 3  cups milk
• 1  cup heavy cream
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3  eggs
• 2  tablespoons  almond extract
• 3⁄4 cup golden raisin
• 3⁄4 cup  chopped  dried apricot
• 3⁄4 cup  sliced almonds

• Sauce

• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄4 cup amaretto liqueur

Directions

1. Tear bread into 1 in pieces.
2. Combine with milk and cream in a large bowl, let stand.
3. Mix sugar, eggs, and almond extract thoroughly.
4. add to bread mixture, make sure the bread is well coated.
5. Add almonds, raisins and chopped apricots.
6. Spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray.
7. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
8. Spoon mixture into dish and bake until firm approx 50 minutes.
9. Cut into servings and top with sauce below.
10. Sauce:.
11. Stir sugar and butter in top of a double boiler until butter melts and sugar.
12. dissolves.
13. Remove and whip egg with Amaretto and put into the sugar mixture.