INGREDIENTS
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12 cups stale bread (Mom uses a poor boy loaf, dried out an broken up by hand)
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5 eggs, separated
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2 egg whites (reserve yolks for sauce)
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5-1/2 cups half-and-half or whole milk
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1-3/4 cups sugar
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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1/4 cup dark rum (I like New Orleans Rum)
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1/4 crème de banana liqueur
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2 bananas, mashed
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2 bananas, sliced on the bias
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1 cup raisins, soaked in warm rum for at least 1 hour
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1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
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2 tablespoons butter
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Custard Sauce:
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1 cup evaporated milk
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1 cup whole milk
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2 egg yolks
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3/4 cup sugar
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3 tablespoons corn starch
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1/4 teaspoon almond extract
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1/4 cup dark rum
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1/4 cup crème de banana liqueur
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Bananas Foster Sauce:
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4 tablespoons unsalted butter
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1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
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1/4 cup dark rum
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1/4 cup crème de banana liqueur
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Cinnamon
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1/3 cup of the Custard Sauce
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1 cup chopped pecans