French Quarter Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread , 1 pound
• 0.5 cups chopped pecans
• 0.5 cups unsalted butter , melted
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 1.25 cups milk
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 cups golden raisins

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut bread into 1 inch thick slices. Arrange bread slices and pecans on a baking sheet and drizzle with melted butter; toast lightly.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, beat together eggs, cream, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla. Put bread and pecans in a lightly greased 7x11 in casserole dish. Pour egg mixture over bread. Make sure that bread slices are saturated with liquid.

3. 3

   Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until golden. Serve warm.