Saucy Friday. Sauces for White Chocolate Blueberry Bread Pudding in the Crock-pot

Middle-Class Martha LOVES Bread Pudding with Buttered Rum Sauce so I thought I would share a few Bread Pudding Sauce Recipes.  I also happen to have an EASY Lemon sauce recipe that can be microwaved in about 5 minutes.     

Fresh Lemon Sauce - Microwavable

1 cup water 

1/2 cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Cornstarch

Pinch of Salt

1 Tablespoon Butter

2 teaspoon grated lemon rind (Zest)

1/3 cup Lemon Juice

1. Combine; Water, Sugar Cornstarch and Salt in a 2 cup microwavable glass measuring cup

2.  Microwave on HIGH for 2 mins.  Stir.   Microwave again for 1 minute then stir again

3.  Repeat until smooth.  Microwaving 1 minute then stirring

4.  Add Butter, Lemon Zest and lemon juice

5. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute and stir well   

Butter Rum Sauce


1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 egg
3 Tbs Rum


1.  Cream the butter and sugar
2.  Add Vanilla
3.  Slowly Stir in Egg
4.  Add Rum
5.  Place mixture in a medium sized sauce pan and heat for approximately 5 mins.   Ready to serve.




Whiskey Sauce

1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1/2 Cup half and half
2 Tablespoons Whiskey

1.  Combine Butter, Sugar and half and half in a heavy sauce pan
2.  Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
3.  Bring to a Boil
4.  Reduce heat and simmer for 5 mins.
5.  Remove from heat... cool and then add Whiskey




Vanilla Sauce
2 Cup Water
1 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Salt

1.  Place 2 cups water in microwave and bring to a boil
2.  In a Sauce pan place sugar and cornstarch and pour boiling water over
3.  Bring mixture to a Simmer, stirring constantly until smooth about 5 mins
4.  Stir in Butter, Vanilla and Salt until well blended.



EASY Blueberry Sauce

3 cups of blueberries (1-1/2 pints)
1 cup *Vanilla Sugar (Don't have vanilla sugar Add 1 cup Sugar and 1 tsp Vanilla extract)
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1.  Bring all of the ingredients to a boil and simmer for about 15 mins.


* Vanilla Sugar is WONDERFUL and made by placing 2 cups of Sugar in a airtight jar with the
   scrapings from the inside of 1 vanilla bean for 2 weeks.

Enjoy!
Middle-Class Martha
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