Happy New Year everyone :) I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas season with lots and lots of sweet treats and turkey!
Husband and I spent our very first Christmas in our new home this year, just the two of us... It was hard being away from our families, but we had a great Christmas nonetheless.
But just because our families weren't around doesn't mean our friends weren't :) We had a great Christmas Day dinner complete with Gingerbread Cheesecake (coming soon) and a very delicious Irish-themed New Year's Eve dinner... complete with Irish Bread Pudding and Sticky Whiskey Caramel. (I know the previous post is very similar, but consider this one a slight improvement)...
Irish Bread Pudding
Ingredients
1 loaf sliced cinnamon raisin bread, torn into bite-sized pieces
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 cups milk
1 375 mL can evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
Steps
-Put bread pieces in a large glass bowl and drizzle with butter.
- Heat milk and evaporated milk with vanilla. Let cool slightly so the eggs do not scramble in the next step.
- Beat eggs with sugar. Add to milk mixture.
- Add enough mixture to bread to soak and let stand 15 minutes. (Depending on the bread you use, you may not need all the custard mixture. I had about 1 cup left over and I rolled it over into a great Whiskey Rice Pudding - coming soon!)
- Pour bread mixture into well-buttered 13x9 glass baking pan.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes (325 for convection) or until light golden brown on top.
Serve with sticky caramel whiskey sauce.
Sticky Caramel Whiskey Sauce
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tbsp whiskey
Steps
-Add sugar and half the water to a deep steel bottom pan.
-Put over medium heat. Let mixture come to a deep amber colour, watching closely - sugar can burn extremely quickly. Do not stir.
-Once you have a deep amber colour remove from heat. Add whiskey and remaining water. Stir to combine.
-Return to medium heat until the mixture is smooth once again.
-Serve over bread pudding, or just eat with a spoon :)
I hope you had a great holiday season. It might be strange not doing the usual family traditions, but it's fun starting your own traditions with your husband!
ReplyDeleteI love bread puddings. Carbs and sugar? Yes please! And then add some whiskey? Talk about heavenly. I love this recipe.
Hmmmm - this looks so comforting and delicious.
ReplyDeleteWow, very appealing. Having different ingredients in 1 small pudding I think is very creative! The thought alone of tasting it blows me away! Cant wait to have one of these.
ReplyDeleteI think this food is very appetizing. A very unusual combination of ingredients, but I think overall the pudding is great.
ReplyDelete<3This looks really Yummy...I’ve been looking through your blog and have found some great recipes. I just wanted to let you know about a contest the company I work for is having. They offer a $1000 prize at the end of each year. Its at Bass Pecan Company here is a link to their blog where they have info on the contest. http://basspecan.com/recipes/ I hope you’ll try it out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks jessi! I will look into it :)
ReplyDeletelooks delicious! I love a good bread pudding :)
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious!!
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