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Ingredients
- 5 cups day old challah bread, cubed into 1 inch pieces
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp vanilla
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp melted butter, cooled
- pinch of cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- Whiskey Cream Sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream (heaping)
- 1/8 cup Jack Daniels
- pinch of salt
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