Butter-Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

1        cup butter
1        large loaf of sliced American bread
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2    cup water 2 cups milk, diluted 10 egg yolks

How to make Butter-Bread Pudding

• Remove crust of bread. Butter bread generously on both sides.

• Place in large flat container, one layer only. Mix egg yolks and sugar in a bowl.

• Heat milk to a high temperature and pour slowly into egg and sugar mixture.

• Mix thoroughly until sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture over buttered bread slices gradually.

• Let stand for 10 minutes, then turn over bread and let stand again.

• Make caramel (sugar and water) and place immediately in the bottom and sides of a long pyrex.

• When caramel is cold, place bread in pyrex dish (4 slices each layer).

• Bake in 350 degrees F for 1-1/2 hours. Cool and turn over on a platter.

• Yield: 20 servings.