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Place bread cubes in a lightly greased lasagna style baking dish.
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In a sauce pan, poach pears in white wine until softened (10-15 minutes) then add dried cranberries and stir.
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Remove from heat and allow cranberries to reconstitute in the white wine (5 minutes).
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In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, 1 1/2 C sugar, 2 pints Half and Half, salt and vanilla and mix until sugar is dissolved.
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Pour egg mixture over torn bread cubes toss to coat evenly and allow to absorb (5 minutes).
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Pour fruit mixture over bread and egg mixture and dot with 2 T of butter.
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Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
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Sauce:.
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Melt butter over medium high heat in a sauce pan.
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Add brown sugar stirring constantly until sugar is melted and begins to bubble.
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Add whiskey and bring to a slight boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
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Reduce heat to medium and stir in half and half.
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Continue to cook 2-3 minutes more over medium heat until slightly thickened (should have the consistency of hot fudge sauce) when ready.
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Remove from heat and drizzle over individual servings of Bread Pudding.
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Enjoy!
