Banana Bread Pudding With Apple Butter Cream Sauce

• Banana Bread:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, soften
• 3 ripe medium bananas, mashed
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 T. cinnamon
• Bread Pudding:
• 1 loaf banana bread
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 C. heavy cream
• 1 t. vanilla
• Apple Butter Cream Sauce:
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbls cornstarch
• 2 tbl milk or cream
• 1/4 cup prepared apple butter

1. Make banana bread first by preheating oven to 350 degrees and beating butter and sugar together til fluffy. Add bananas and vanilla to butter and beat together til blended fully. In seperate bowl, mix flour, soda and cinnamon. Sift flour mix into banana mix and beat on low til blended. Use spatula to scrape bottom of bowl and mix ingredients fully. Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan and bake for 50-60 mins. Let loaf cool for about 30 mins.
2. Once cooled, tear banana bread into small pieces and put in large bowl. Mix eggs, cream, and vanilla in seperate bowl, then pour over bread pieces. Cover and let soak for 10 mins. Pour bread mixture into a greased 8x8 pan and cook at 350 degrees for 45-55 mins.
3. When bread pudding done, make apple butter cream sauce by bringing cream and sugar to gentle boil in small saucepan, reduce heat to a simmer. Mix baking soda and milk til no clumping, then whisk into simmering cream until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in apple butter. Once sauce has thickened, pour over bread pudding.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/banana-bread-pudding-with-apple-butter-cream-sauce-1206789 (may not work)