Chocolate Castles as wel

A sweet lady, Dianna Barnes started a web site, We Grew Up in Corpus Christi cookbook (on FB) that has just been such fun to see from different people who grew up in my hometown! San Diego, CA is my birth place, but my parents moved to CC when I was 2, so for 43 years, I called it home! Dianna posted this recipe the other day and I knew I had to make it! I had just bought chocolate chip brioche rolls and so I used that to make it. Sprinkled some pralined pecans in with it and wa la, we have some amazing bread pudding with a most buttery delicious sauce to pour over the top. Actually, this is the first time I’ve made sauce to pour over the pudding. We have always just used whipped cream or ice cream to top it but this sauce sounded so good, I’m so glad I did. It is just delicious and the brown sugar and butter ingredients just make it over the top good! Thanks Dianna for all the recipes you share but this one really is truly a winner!

Grandma’s Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce 😍
𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

• 4 cups (8 slices) cubed white bread
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  Sauce Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
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  Directions for Pudding :
  Heat oven to 350°F. Combine bread and raisins in large bowl. Combine milk and 1/4 cup butter in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat until butter is melted (4 to 7 minutes).
  Pour milk mixture over bread; let stand 10 minutes.
  Stir in all remaining pudding ingredients. Pour into greased 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until set in center.
  Directions for Sauce:
  Combine all sauce ingredients except vanilla in 1-quart saucepan.Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil (5 to 8 minutes).
  Stir in vanilla.
  To serve, spoon warm pudding into individual dessert dishes; serve with sauce.
  Store refrigerated.