Copycat Bon Ton Cafes Bread Pudding Recipes

BON TON BREAD PUDDING WITH WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 375 Melt the butter and set to the side. Soak bread in milk: crush with hands until well mixed. Then add eggs, sugar, vanilla, and raisins, and stir well. Pour butter in the bottom of a thick pan 9x13 should do. Bake until very firm. Keep checking with a knif after 45 minutes. Let cool, then cube the pudding for individual servings. when ready to serve add sauce and heat under the broiler until slightly borwned. Serve with whiskey sauce, a lot of it! HA!
• 2. Whiskey Sauce: cream the sugar and egg until well mixed, add melted butter and continue to melt sugar. Add Whiskey to taste

COPYCAT BON TON CAFE'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the milk in a large bowl. Add the cubed bread, tossing to mix it well. Let the bread soak in the milk for 15 minutes. Stir the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and raisins into the bread mixture. Mix well. Add the melted margarine to the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish and spread evenly. Add the bread pudding mixture to the dish, distributing it evenly in the dish. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until set. Meanwhile, for the whiskey sauce: Place the sugar and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir well until the sugar is dissolved. Add about 1/4 cup of the hot sugar mixture to the beaten egg and stir quickly to combine (this prevents curdling). Add the egg mixture to the hot sugar mixture and stir quickly to fully incorporate. Remove the pan from heat, let cool, then add in the whiskey. When the bread pudding is cooked, remove it from the oven and let it cool for a couple of minutes. Scoop the pudding into individual heat-proof serving dishes. Top each serving with whiskey sauce and then place under the broiler for 1-2 minutes. Serve hot. Recipe Source: Bon Ton Cafe on Magazine St., New Orleans

BON TON CAFE (NEW ORLEANS) BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak bread in milk and crush with hands until well mixed.
• Add eggs, sugar, vanilla and raisins and stir well.
• Melt butter and pour into 9 x 13 pan Add pudding mixture and bake at 350 until very firm (my oven takes about 35 minutes).
• Let cool then cube pudding. When ready to serve add sauce and heat under broiler.
• Cooking whiskey sauce.
• Cook sugar and butter in double broiler until very hot and well dissolved. Then add in well beaten egg and whip real fast so egg does not curdle. Let cool and add whiskey to taste.

MIMI'S CAFE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Fill a 9 x 9 x 2 1/2" baking pan with the bread cubes and sprinkle the raisins on top.
• (Use enough bread to come to the top of the pan. You might not use the whole loaf).
• Whisk the remaining ingredients together to make a batter, pour over the top of the bread and stir lightly. Allow the bread to soak 1/2 hour. The pan will be very full. If you have too much batter, discard the excess. If there's not enough, add a little more milk to the pan.
• Bake in a 325° oven for about 40 minutes until the pudding is golden brown and puffed up around the edges. The center should be "set" but still a little soft. You can make this ahead of time and heat it in the microwave oven later.