Triple Chocolate Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 ounces stale french bread
• 8 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup coarsley chopped walnuts
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup usweetened cocoa, sifted
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups chocolate milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 tear the bread into chunks approximately 1 inch square.
• 2 toss them in a bowl with the melted butter, walnuts, and chocolate chunks.
• 3 spread the mixture in a buttered 9 x 13 x 2 baking dish.
• 4 beat the eggs slightly.
• 5 beat in the sugar, cocoa, salt, chocolate milk, and vanilla.
• 6 pour this mixture over the bread.
• 7 let it stand for at least 1/2 hour.
• 8 with a broad spatula, occasionally push the bread down into the liquid as it soaks.
• 9 preheat the oven to 350.
• 10 bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the pudding is puffed and just set.
• 11 rush it to the table and serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.