Spiced Bread Pudding

Directions

Prepare bread pudding:

Grease a 9 by 13inch baking pan

In a laaarge bowl combine sugar, raisins, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom. Add bread pieces

In a separate bowl combine milk, melted butter, eggs and vanilla

Pour liquid over bread mixture and stir until bread has absorbed liquid

Pour into baking pan, place on rack in center of cold oven and set to 350, bake 1½ hours or until golden brown.

Serve either with hard sauce or strawberry sauce

Strawberry sauce:

Ina medium saucepan combine strawberries, grand marnier and sugar. Cover and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes

In small bowl combine cornstarch and water

Stir mixture into strawberries, stir for 2 minutes to thicken, serve warm

Hard sauce:

Beat butter and sugar until light, add other ingredients and beat for five minutes until light.