Marie Jolie Origin Recipes Storyteller's Cabin		- Recipes J.J.'s Grateful Bread Pudding with Bourbon Street Sauce. Kings Cake is the traditional Mardi Gras treat, but here's a recipe that great anytime of the year. Ingredients for Grateful Bread Pudding: Bourbon St.Sauce, about 4 cups day-old French bread cut in cubes, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 egg, a rounded 3/4 cup of packed dark brown sugar, 1 stick of melted butter, 2 cups evaporated milk, 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice, 1 tbsp. of vanilla, 1/3 cup bourbon, 1/2 cup raisins, 1 tsp. of grated nutmeg, 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. nutmeg, 2 tbs of sugar, 1 tbs butter To make J.J.'s Grateful Bread Pudding: Oven: Preheat to 325 degrees. Lightly toast bread crumbs. Mix eggs and brown sugar. Add milk, vanilla and spices. Stir in bread crumbs and raisins. Cover and put in icebox for an hour. Coat a baking dish (about a 2 qt. size) with butter. Sprinkle it with 1 tsp of sugar. Melt butter on low heat. Take off the frothy part and cook until butter turns a light brown. (Don't burn it!) Put butter in bowl to cool. Put bread mixture in baking dish. Drizzle butter over top and sprinkle with 1 tbs of sugar. Bake for about 40-45 min. until the knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Then bake at 425 for about 8-10 minutes to puff up and brown the top. Serve right away with Bourbon Street Sauce. To make Bourbon St. Sauce: Mix sugar and egg up well. Add melted butter. Cook in a double boiler over simmering water and stir until sugar melts and sauce thickens. Remove from burner and add lemon juice, nutmeg and bourbon. Serve over bread pudding. Or, you can make Baptist Bourbon St. Sauce: Same as above, except use vanilla instead of bourbon. Short on time? Try my HOT COLD Ice Cream. It's quick, hot and sweet like Marie Jolie! J.J.'s Hot Cold Ice Cream: Two scoops good quality French Vanilla ice cream. Sprinkle lightly (careful, cher!) with red cayenne pepper. Take a bit and let the party begin!
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