Creamy Bread Pudding

Directions

1. 1
   Soak bread in enough water to cover.
2. 2
   Cream butter and sugar well. Add yolks of eggs (if you want a meringue on top) or all of eggs (if you want a whiskey hard sauce).
3. 3
   Add milks, vanilla and salt.
4. 4
   Squeeze out bread well and put into mixture. Add raisins or fruit, if desired. Bake in a slow oven (about 200°) for 1 1/2 hours or until the pudding rises and is brown on top.
5. 5
   Make meringue and put on top
6. 6
   of pudding, running it into the oven for about 10 minutes.
7. 7
   Or make a whiskey sauce by mixing confectioners sugar with butter and whiskey to taste.