Banana Coconut Bread Pudding With Rum Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 6 slices whole wheat bread, cut into big cubes,toasted (approx, 6 cups)
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 11 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons rum or 1 tablespoon rum extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine bread cubes, eggs, bananas, cinnamon, condensed milk, coconut, butter, vanilla and salt.
• 3 stir well to combine.
• 4 leave sit for 15 minutes.
• 5 pour mixture into greased 9x9 inch pan.
• 6 sprinkle nuts evenly over top.
• 7 bake for 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted in centre tests clean.
• 8 for sauce: melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour.
• 9 add brown sugar, cream and milk.
• 10 bring to boil, lower heat and simmer until thickened.
• 11 remove from heat and stir in rum.
• 12 serve warm with pudding.
• 13 if sauce becomes too thick, thin with a small amount of milk.