Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 fresh peaches – peeled, pitted, and sliced
• 4 apples – peeled, cored and sliced
• 6 cups day-old bread cubes
• 6 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
• 1 cup whiskey
• 1 pound butter
• 2 cups white sugar

Directions

Coat a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large bowl, combine eggs, 1 cup sugar, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg and stir until smooth. Fold in peaches, apples and bread cubes, until bread is well coated. Pour into prepared baking dish. Dot with 6 tablespoons butter.

Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, until set. Serve warm with whiskey sauce.

To make whiskey sauce: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine whiskey, 1 pound butter and 2 cups sugar. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves and sauce is smooth. Remove from heat and serve hot.