Recipe#9209

Title: Bread Pudding 10

From: RainCloud billdh@concentric.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 01:29:50 -0800 
 Message-ID: <328C380E.55AB@concentric.net> 

1 loaf French bread (she says tear up - I always cut it up with a knife
 until tonight, when the local store was out of french bread, so I bought
 the cheapest white bread I could find and tore it up so it wouldn't
 clump together too much, as the bread was very doughy- but I've had no
 problems in the past)
 1 16-ounce can light sliced peaches, drained (we prefer to slice them
 into bite sized pieces)
 1/2 cup raisins (she called for golden, but the photo showed regular,
 and I prefer the color contrast of regular)
 2 eggs
 2 egg whites (or 1 whole egg, if you prefer)
 3/4 cup sugar
 12-ounce can evaporated skim milk
 2 cups skim milk
 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
 1 teaspoon coconut flavoring
 1 Tablespoon vanilla
 Preheat oven to 350' F.
 Place bread cubes in a 3-quart baking dish.  (I always spray with Pam
 first.  I've used a dutch oven when I had to.)  Add sliced peaches and
 raisins to bread, mixing gently.  In a bowl, combine eggs and egg whites
 with sugar and mix well.  Add evaporated milk, skim milk, spices and
 flavorings, and blend well.
 Pour egg mixture evenly over bread, and press bread with fork so it will
 soak up liquid.  Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.  May husband showed me to
 use a knife near center to test for doneness - if it comes out still
 moist, but clean; its done.  You can also tell something by how brown it
 is.  Well, this is rec.food.baking, right?  It never was done for me at
 the correct time, it always took longer, but loaf sizes vary, the
 dryness of the bread varies, etc.
 Sauce
 2 Tablespoons light margarine (ok - we use real butter!)
 2 Tablespoons flour
 1/3 cup sugar
 1 1/3 cups skim milk
 1 Tablespoon rum flavoring
 Melt margarine in a small saucepan and add flour and sugar, mixing
 well.  Add milk, stirring constantly.  Cook until mixture comes to a
 boil; boil 1 minute.  Remove from heat and stir in flavoring.  Serve
 over hot bread pudding.
 Nutritional information per serving:
 276 calories, 11 percent fat (3.5 grams), 73 percent carbohydrate, 16
 percent protein.
 Serves 10