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Vanilla Sauce for Bread Pudding

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Pudding
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Author: Meggen

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 TBSP light brown sugar
  • 1 TBSP all purpose flour- sifted to remove lumps
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon or nutmeg
  • tsp kosher salt
  • 2 TBSP unsalted butter softened
  • 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
  • 1 TBSP Vanilla extract

Optional additions

  • 2 TBSP Bourbon- for Bourbon sauce
  • 2 TBSP Dark Rum - for rum sauce
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice - add in with run for a tropical sauce

Instructions

  • Whisk first 8 ingredients together in a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
  • Whisk constantly for 9-12 minutes until sauce has thickened. Do not walk away from the sauce.
  • Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
  • Serve warm. To re-heat, place in a microwave safe bowl and re-heat for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
  • See NOTES below about adding in alcohol.