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.