Breakfast Bread Pudding with Apple Cider Sauce
4 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
3 cups milk
1 cup half & half
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3/4 cup raisins
2 medium apples, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Combine eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, milk, half & half, melted butter, vanilla, raisins, apples, and nutmeg. Add cut-up bread. Allow bread to soak up liquid (about 20 minutes). Lightly grease a 9 x 12-inch glass baking pan and pour bread mixture into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Serve with sauce.
Apple Cider Sauce
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 cups apple cider
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 cup butter
Combine 1 cup sugar, cornstarch, and pumpkin pie spice. Add apple cider, lemon juice, and butter. Cook until thickened.