How to Make Bread Pudding Sauce

Create a tasty sauce to complement the taste of your bread pudding.

Bread pudding is a bread-based dessert popular in the South. The base -- the bread mixed with spices and other ingredients -- is typically served with a sweet sauce. Some people prepare typical dessert sauces using vanilla or caramel, while others use alcohol-based sauces to top off the flavor.

Things You'll Need

• 1 medium sauce pan
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup of brandy
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 stick of melted butter

Instructions

1. Heat sauce pan on a medium low flame. Place the butter in the frying pan with the granulated sugar, beaten egg and vanilla extract.

2. Stir ingredients until sugar is completely melted. Add 1/4 cup of brandy.

3. Bring to a boil and stir for five to eight minutes. After sauce has thickened, pour it over your bread pudding squares.

Tips & Warnings

• Serve warm or cold.

• Don't burn it.

References

• "Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce"
• "Bread pudding"
• "Christmas Plum Pudding"