From the kitchen of Glenda Quevedo, Miami, Florida

Ingredients

• 3 cups milk
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/2 stick of butter
• Dash of salt
• 4 cups white loaf bread(you can use the whole loaf)
• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 5 whole eggs
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tbsp. whiskey or brandy
• 1 can fruit cocktail, drained (optional)
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional; I prefer Dole, because
• they are softer and tastier)

Instructions

1. In a saucepan, boil milk with 1 1/2 cups sugar, cinnamon sticks, butter and salt. Remove the cinnamon sticks right after the milk boils.

2. Cut the bread in small pieces (use fresh or week-old bread, it doesn't matter), and place them in a large bowl.

3. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Pour the hot milk mixture over the bread, adding the eggs and the rest of the ingredients.

4. In a frying pan, pour 3 cups of sugar and let it melt, stirring constantly. When you see a cleared ring around, it is ready. Pour it in a baking pan, covering as much as possible. Pour in the pudding mixture.

5. Cover the baking pan, and bake pudding in a 375-degree oven for 30 minutes. Remove the cover and return the pan to the oven to cook for 5 to 10 more minutes (until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pudding comes out clean).

6. Serve pudding cold and garnished with fruit cocktail, pears or any other fruit.

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