New Year's Bread Pudding | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• ***For the bread pudding:***
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more, to taste, for greasing the baking dish
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• kosher salt, to taste
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• 6 cups brioche bread, cut into 1 1/2-inch-thick cubes, firmly packed
• ***For the bourbon-caramel sauce:***
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up into pieces
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract