Ingredients

  • Pudding
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted (optional) or 1 tablespoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray (optional)
  • 2 slices sourdough bread or 2 slices whole wheat sourdough bread
  • 1 egg
  • 1 -2 tablespoon Splenda granular
  • 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk or 1/2 cup nonfat milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon rum extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon orange zest
  • 1 -2 tablespoon semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
  • Topping
  • 1 teaspoon Splenda brown sugar blend (optional) or 1 teaspoon Splenda granular (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Butterscotch Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Splenda brown sugar blend
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons fat-free evaporated milk
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • To Serve
  • Cool Whip Lite, to top (optional)

Method

  • Pudding:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Grease two 1-cup ramekins.
  • Brush melted butter onto bread slices. Cut them into small cubes. Put aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk egg and Splenda together until pale.
  • Whisk in milk, extract, and zest until well combined.
  • Stir in bread cubes and chocolate chips until most of the liquid is absorbed.
  • Spoon into 2 prepared ramekins.
  • Topping:
  • Mix together brown sugar Splenda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Sprinkle over the pudding tops.
  • Place pudding ramekins into a small baking dish filled halfway with hot water so that they are each surrounded by the water.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.
  • Butterscotch Sauce:
  • In a 2-cup glass pyrex, stir together brown sugar Splenda, salt, cream of tartar and cornstarch.
  • Slowly stir in evaporated milk and put 1 tbsp of butter in it.
  • Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
  • Stir in vanilla.
  • Reheat if made ahead.
  • To Serve:
  • Drizzle hot sauce over puddings.
  • Top with a dollop of Cool Whip Lite, if desired.