Banana Bread Pudding

Despite the name, this isn’t a pudding that tastes like banana bread, but a dessert that takes regular stale French bread and bananas and turns them into a scrumptious, rum-spiked dessert reminiscent of the famous Southern dish Bananas Foster. A dollop of whipped cream is the perfect finishing touch.

You can substitute white bread, challah, or even cinnamon bread for the French bread (if you use cinnamon bread, I recommend leaving out the teaspoon of cinnamon). And if your bread isn’t already stale, dry it out by spreading the cubes on a baking sheet and toasting in a 300ºF oven for about 15 minutes.