INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS:

Serves 16 to 20. Butter a cake pan 9 x 13 to fit into a bigger pan. 350 degrees.

16 loaves French bread, break into sm. chunks
5 c. milk, pour over bread, let soak
4 eggs
2 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. raisins
2 tbsp. Mexican poison vanilla

Bake at 350 degrees, steaming smaller pan in larger pan.

Beat eggs and sugar with whisk in a bowl. Stir in raisins and vanilla. Pour over bread crumbs. Put in the smaller buttered pan. Bake 1 hour in larger pan of water.

Bake pudding ahead but reheat and serve hot.

WHISKEY SAUCE:

1/4 lb. butter, melt in double boiler
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1/3 c. bourbon or rum

Stir sugar and egg together until sugar dissolves and add to melted butter in double boiler. Cook, stir constantly for 3 minutes. Cool before adding bourbon.

Cut pudding into squares and serve with sauce poured over it.

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