Hopefully you picked up some bourbon and sugar while you were out stockpiling pre-blizzard bread, milk and eggs. You’ll need it to make the Little Pub N’awlins Bread Pudding With Sugared Bourbon Sauce

Step one:  prepare bread and milk soak

• 3lbs bread (French, etc) chopped into small pieces
• Combine into bowl with 1 gallon of milk, let soak
• Pre-heat oven to 350.

Step two:  prepare the rest of the mixture

While bread is soaking, mix this stuff up in a separate bowl:

• 20 whole eggs
• 5 cups of sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 4 tablespoon vanilla

Then add all that to the soaking bread. Mix that all up and set aside.

Step three: prepare the pans.

• find two hotel pans or pyrex baking dishes that fit on top of each other. The pan with mixture should be able to fit over/inside pan containing the water.
• Add 1/4 inch of water to bottom pan
• Coat bottom and sides of top pan with butter, then add the bread mixture to the coated pan.
• Place pan containing the mixture into/over the pan containing the 1/4 inch of water.
• Place both into oven at 350 for 2-2 1/2 hours until golden brown on top.
• While that cooks it’s time to…

Step four: prepare the Sugared Bourbon Sauce

• Ratio of 1 cup sugar to 1 egg (depending on amount you need)
• Mix together in bowl
• Place bowl over boiling pot of water to cook. stir regularly.
• Once uniform consistency is achieved remove from heat.
• Then add desired bourbon. stir and taste
• If necessary, add some more bourbon. stir and taste
• Okay stop, that’s enough bourbon. okay fine, take a small sip/wee dram for yourself.

Step Five: time to eat!

• Cut warm bread pudding into squares,
• Drizzle sauce over top and serve.
• Serves about 30 so invite the neighbors over.