Danny's Nut Bread Pudding

[Raine]

DANNY'S NUT BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients


3 loafs bakery nut bread
½ cup butter
7 slices bread, your choose
8 eggs
1½ cup sugar
3 tbs vanilla
4 cups half & half
1½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
½ cup cinnamon sugar



Procedure

Butter one side of the nut bread and lay butter side up in a 12" dutch oven. Butter wheat bread and lay over the nut bread. Lay a second layer of nut bread over bread. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over each layer of bread. In a large bowl beat eggs throughly, mix in sugar and vanilla. When mixture is smooth stir in half & half. Pour mixture over bread slowly allowing it to soak in. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the pudding and let stand for 15 to 20 minutes. Bake for 45 minutes using top and bottom heat. Remove from bottom heat after 30 minutes. Garnish with walnuts, raspberries, & cinnamon sticks. Serve with caramel sauce, or vanilla sauce. For a change add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 cups of sliced apples, or 1½ cups bananas and ½ cup chopped pecans.