Ingredients
Bread:
3 Loaves French Bread
15 ozs. Raisins
1/2 Gallon Whole Milk
1/2 lb. Sugar
10 Eggs
1/2 Pound of Melted Butter
3 ozs. Vanilla Extract
Topping
3 ozs. Brandy
1 lb. butter let sit at room temperature until very soft
8 ozs. sugar
2 ozs. vanilla extract
Preparation
Cut French bread into cubes. Pour milk on French bread. Let milk soak into bread. Add the remaining ingredients to French bread mixture. Mix with hand until blended evenly. Pour mixture into ungreased pan.
Pre-heat oven at 350 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove pan from oven.
For the topping: Combine Brandy, softened butter, sugar and vanilla extract and blend with mixer until smooth. Pour over bread pudding.