Krissy - I owe you an apology!

I was just cleaning out some emails and found this one from February 5th!! Jeesh!
You asked for this to be on the blog... sorry, I totally forgot to post it for you.

Here goes:

Maple Bread pudding with walnut pralines and Caramel whiskey sauce

I've got a new passion. Perusing Cooking blogs on the internet and trying new recipes. I've been trying new recipes like mad lately. It's been fattening but fun!
Recently we were invited to dinner at our friends' Kelly and Herb's. We offered to bring dessert. I'd been craving bread pudding. My mom always made it with lemon sauce and then drowned it in lemon sauce. She would save up the bread crusts in the freezer for months and then it was time to make bread pudding.

I perused the internet, looking at different bread pudding recipes. Then I found this:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Vermont-Maple-Bread-Pudding-with-Walnut-Praline-230662

My hubby adores maple. So I had to make that one. I did not use challah or egg bread. Also, I did not follow mom's plan..I am way too much of a control freak to be able to handle bags of bread crusts taking up room in my freezer.
I made a loaf of french bread in the breadmaker and threw in a tsp of cinnamon. I feel that good bread pudding demands some cinnamon.
I love my mom's lemon sauce, but was too lazy to grate lemons. So, I made this caramel whiskey sauce. My friend talked me into doubling the whiskey in the sauce. It actually tasted good before we doubled the whiskey, too.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/37783/gilliland-irish-bread-pudding-with-caramel-whiskey-sauce.html

I'm a real lightweight at this point and doubling the whiskey was actually too strong for me. It made me giggly.

It was really yummy. I highly recommend it.
I need to take photos so I have some photos to post with my kitchen stories.