The Cheapbyte's

White chocolate bread pudding with whiskey sauce

A rendition of Planet Hollywood's original

Ingredients:

16oz French bread or enough to fill a 13x9 cake pan (Secret, go to Jimmy Johns and get 2 loafs of day old bread, 50 cents each)

1 cup granulated sugar

3 cups half and half or heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 large eggs

1 cup white chocolate pieces (Nestle)

Pre-heat oven to 350 or 325 if using glass

Cut or break bread into 1-2" small pieces and let dry on a cookie sheet for 2-3 hours or bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Butter a 13x9-cake pan and place dried bread into it. In a large bowl, combine sugar, cream, vanilla and eggs. Whip until well blended. Pour the mixture into a heavy 3 quart sauce pan or double boiler. On low heat, stir the egg mixture constantly and add the white chocolate pieces. You want to melt the pieces and blend them in. As soon as the chips are melted, pour the mixture slowly over the bread. Gently toss the bread to cover all sides. Let the bread/egg mixture rest for 1 hour, then place in the over for 45 minutes. Remove when finished and let cool for 30 minutes before serving.

Whiskey topping:

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 stick of butter (8 Tbsp)

1 large egg, beaten well

1/3 cup whiskey

In a heavy saucepan, combine all ingredients and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thickened, about 3 minutes.