Chocolate Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 cup milk
- 4 cup coarse bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup seeded raisins
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate (2 oz) or 2/3 cup cocoa
Instructions
Serves about 6. Preheat oven to 350. Heat milk to scalding. If using unsweetened chocolate, melt chocolate in the milk. Pour over the bread. Cool milk/bread mixture and then add butter, 1/2 cup sugar (if using cocoa, mix with the sugar) eggs, salt, raisins and cinnamon or nutmeg. Pour it all into a buttered 1 1/2 qt. casserole (7 1/2 inches). Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the pudding comes out clean. Serve it warm, with or without whipped cream.