Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding

prep time:: 25 min , 55 cooking time
total time:: 80 min

Makes 6-8 servings

Once again, this recipe is a combination of several bread pudding recipes from old family recipe cards. I have added chocolate chips and the use of heavier creams (instead of milk) because I love cream and my family loves chocolate. It’s the kind of bread pudding you will dream about.

ingredients

1/2 cu unsalted butter (melted)
4 cu bread cubes (med to lrg)*
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cu half and half (light cream)
1/2 cu heavy cream
1/3 cu sugar
1 tsp vanilla (extract)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
12 oz mini chocolate morsels(semi
sweet)**
brioche is a great bread for this, but a sweet french bread with lightly trimmed crust works just as well.
a light dusting of flour on the chocolate morsels will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the pan when baking. Great Grandma Harris’ tip.

directions

1
Heat oven to 350F.
2
Assemble and pre-measure all ingredients, setting each aside as completed.
3
In a bowl mix together the bread cubes and melted butter tossing lightly. Pour cubes into a lightly buttered baking dish (see Notes).
4
In the same bowl used for bread cubes, mix together all remaining ingredients EXCEPT the chocolate morsels. This mixture will be your custard.
5
Pour custard mixture over bread cubes and toss gently. Get all bread wet with custard. Fold in the chocolate chips carefully. Let stand of about 10-15 minutes so that custard soaks into the bread.
6
Bake at 350F for about 55 minutes.
7
SERVE WARM WITH ICE CREAM OR WHIPPED CREAM.