Banana Bread Pudding

Cooking Time: 50 min

Ingredients

• 6 slices whole wheat bread, torn into big cubes
• 3 eggs
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 can (14-ounce) sweetened condensed milk
• ¹/4 cup flaked or shredded coconut
• 2 tablespoons  butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• ¹/2 teaspoon salt
• • ¹/2 cup chopped pecans
  • ¹/4 cup butter
  • ³/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • ¹/2 cup cream
  • 6 tablespoons rum

  Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
      
  2. Place bread cubes in a greased 9-inch baking pan.
      
  3. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, banana and cinnamon.
      
  4. Add water, condensed milk, coconut, the 2 tablespoons of butter, the vanilla, and salt.
      
  5. Pour mixture evenly over bread, moistening completely.
      
  6. Sprinkle pecans on top.
      
  7. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
      
  8. Cool. Serve warm with Rum Sauce (recipe below).

  
  

  Rum Sauce

  1. In a saucepan melt the 1/4 cup of butter.
      
  2. Add brown sugar and cream.  Boil rapidly 8 to 10 minutes.
      
  3. Add rum.  Serve warm. Makes about 1 cup.sauce.

  
  

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