Categories: Desserts 
      Yield: 8 servings 
  
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      6    Slices whole wheat bread-          14 oz Can sweetened condensed milk 
           -torn into big cubes              1/4 c  Flaked or shredded coconut 
      3    Eggs                                2 tb Margerine or butter, melted 
      3    Ripe bananas, mashed                2 tb Vanilla extract 
      1 ts Ground cinnamon                   1/2 ts Salt 
      2 c  Warm water                        1/2 c  Chopped pecans 
 
------------------------------BUTTER RUM SAUCE------------------------------ 
    1/4 c  Butter                            1/2 c  Cream 
    3/4 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed          2 tb Rum or 1 ts rum flavoring 
  
  PUDDING: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place bread cubes in a greased 9-inch 
  baking pan.  In a large bowl, beat together eggs, banana and cinnamon. Add 
  remaining ingredients, except chopped pecans and Butter Rum Sauce. 
   
  Pour mixture evenly over bread, moistening completely.  Sprinkle pecans on 
  top.  Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until knife comes out clean. Cool. Serve 
  warm with Butter Rum Sauce. 
   
  BUTTER RUM SAUCE: In a sauce, melt butter; add brown sugar and cream. Boil 
  rapidly 8 to 10 minutes; add rum or rum flavoring. Serve warm. Makes about 
  1 cup 
   
  Source: An article by Joycelyn Winnecke in the Memphis Commercial Appeal