Monkey Pudding

Ingredients

• Half a loaf of stale bread
• Milk (enough to soak the bread in)
• A little cream
• 3 heaping spoonfuls of brown sugar
• 2 heaping spoonfuls of powdered cinnamon
• 2 stoned raisins

Directions

1. Soak the loaf of bread in milk for several hours
2. Add the cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins
3. Mix until evenly distributed 
4. Cook in the oven on low fire until dark brown (until it looks like an old monkey)
5. Serve with a stiff sugar and butter sauce

— Celestine Eustis

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Josh Romero
Louisiana Anthology
Dec 8, 2019