• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a baking dish and set aside.
• Break the bagels and drop into a bowl. Just pull it apart with your hands.
• Add the milk a little at a time over the bread.
• Mix it with you hands and make sure the bread absorbs the milk.
• In a small bowl, combine the eggs and the sugar using a whisk.
• Add in the cream cheese.
• Pour in the vanilla extract. Then pour over the bread.
• Pour the bread pudding into the buttered dish, spreading it evenly in the dish.
• Place the dish in a shallow roasting pan filling the pan with boiling water 1″ up the side of the casserole dish.
• Place in the oven and bake 50 – 60 minutes. You will know it is done when a knife goes in and comes out clean.

Maple Syrup Sauce

• Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.
• Serve and enjoy!