Rum Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. rum or 2 tsp. rum flavoring
yolks of 2 eggs
1/2 c. milk or cream

Preparation

Cream the butter. Add sugar gradually, then rum flavoring very slowly. Add well beaten egg yolks and milk or cream. Cook over hot water until it thickens as a custard. Pour onto beaten egg whites. It is delicious on bread pudding.