Jack Daniels Bread Pudding

                                                  Jack Daniels Bread Pudding

• 3 3/4 cups sourdough French bread, cubed and toasted                                   1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 eggs                                                                                                                         3 tablespoons salted butter        
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (I use a bit more of both the nutmeg and cinnamon)    1/2 cup sugar   
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon                                                                                            1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 pinch salt                                                                                                             1/4 cup raisins  

• Jack Daniels Sauce

• 1/4 lb brown sugar
• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 pinch salt
• 1/8 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey (I use more because I like to be able to REALLY taste this)

Directions

1. Pudding:.
2. Lightly grease deep dish casserole pans and.
3. Fill with toasted bread cubes and raisins mixed together.
4. Heat milk and butter in pan over medium heat.
5.  Whisk sugar, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Add 1 cup of the heated milk mixture to this, then mix this into the hot milk mixture. Pour over the bread and raisins. Put your casserole dish (I use two 9x13 inch casseroles and bake one at a time) with the pudding into a deeper pan that has at lease an inch of water and cover with foil.
6. Bake at 350°F for one hour. Remove foil and place back in oven for an additional 15 minutes till nicely browned. Pour cream sauce over and keep warm in oven until time to serve.
7. Cream Sauce: (I make this while the pudding is cooking).
8. Combine all ingredients into a large sauce pan and heat to boiling. Turn heat down to low and allow to cook down to consistency of your liking.
9. I double the sauce recipe so that I can have some to pour over the pudding and ice cream when I serve it.
10. Serve hot with either ice cream and extra sauce or with heavy cream drizzled over it.

Althogether it takes about an hour and half to cook; this dish will feed about 10 to 12 people.  Hope you enjoy.