Another great dessert using rum which can be made from stale, leftover bread or baguettes!

Ingredients:

1 loaf of French bread, dried out and torn into chunks

1 qt. milk

2 c. sugar

2 T. vanilla

3 eggs

1 c. diced apples

½ c. raisins

½ c. pecans, chopped

3 T. melted butter

Rum Sauce

½ c. butter

1 c. brown sugar

1 t. vanilla

1 egg

3 T. dark rum

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350^oF. Soak bread in milk for 30 minutes.  Mix eggs, sugar, vanilla, raisins, nuts and apples and combine with bread chunks.  Spread melted butter on bottom on 13” x 9” baking dish.  Add bread mixture and bake at 350^oF for 30-35 minutes, until bubbly and hot. For sauce, cream butter and sugar.  Add vanilla.  Stir in rum and egg.  Transfer to sauce pan and heat over low heat for 5 minutes or until warm.  Serve over pudding.