Ingredients

  • 1 loaf cinnamon raisin bread, crusts removed and cut into 3/4-inch dice (about 5 cups)
  • 3 whole eggs
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3/4 cups brown sugar
  • 2 cups half and half
  • 1/4 cup Mount Gay rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • Cooking spray

Method

  • Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
  • Place the cubed bread in a large mixing bowl.
  • In another bowl thoroughly whisk together the eggs, yolks, sugar, half and half, Mount Gay rum, vanilla extract, and a generous grating of fresh nutmeg.
  • Pour eggnog mixture over bread cubes.
  • Spray a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray.
  • Ladle the bread/eggnog mixture gently and evenly into the muffin tins.
  • Place the filled muffin tin into a roasting pan.
  • Transfer to the preheated oven and carefully pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come up half way.
  • Bake 15 to 20 minutes until the tops are nicely browned, and a toothpick comes clean when inserted into center.