3 luscious vanilla bread pudding Recipes

bread pudding, eggs, whole milk, whipping cream, brown sugar, vanilla extract, a good bourbon *optional, salt, day-old cinnamon-raisin bread with crusts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (i try to use my homemade cinnamon-raisin bread, but a good commerical brand will work fine), pecans, toasted, chopped, bourbon sauce - double if you are so inclined...i usually do, unsalted butter, brown sugar (the original recipe calls for white sugar, but i prefer using here - it really rocks!), whipping cream, bourbon, salt, sugar for dusting

diced day-old white bread, eggs, milk, sugar, salt, vanilla, raisins, nutmeg