Banana Bread Pudding

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Title: BANANA BREAD PUDDING
Categories: Puddings
Yield: 8 servings

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6 Slices whole wheat bread-
-torn into big cubes
3 Eggs
3 Ripe bananas, mashed
1 ts Ground cinnamon
2 c Warm water
14 oz Can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 c Flaked or shredded coconut
2 tb Margerine or butter, melted
2 tb Vanilla extract
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Chopped pecans

---------------------BUTTER RUM SAUCE---------------------
1/4 c Butter
3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 c Cream
2 tb Rum or 1 ts rum flavoring

PUDDING: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place bread
cubes in a greased 9-inch
baking pan. In a large bowl, beat together eggs,
banana and cinnamon. Add remaining ingredients,
except chopped pecans and Butter Rum Sauce. Pour
mixture evenly over bread, moistening completely.
Sprinkle pecans on top. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or
until knife comes out clean. Cool. Serve warm with
Butter Rum Sauce. BUTTER RUM SAUCE: In a sauce, melt
butter; add brown sugar and cream. Boil rapidly 8 to
10 minutes; add rum or rum flavoring. Serve warm.
Makes about 1 cup

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