Chocolate Bread Pudding

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (1 lb) french bread or 1 (1 lb) italian bread, cubed
• 3 cups milk
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup coffee-flavored liqueur
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 6 eggs, lightly beaten
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated, i put 8 ounces of semi sweet morsels in my food processor
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 lightly grease 13 x 9 pan.
• 3 (i use butter flavored cooking spray).
• 4 place bread cubes in the pan.
• 5 in a large bowl whisk the milk, cream and liqueur.
• 6 in another bowl mix the sugar, brown sugar, and cocoa powder.
• 7 add the sugar mixture to the milk mixture and mix well.
• 8 add the vanilla and almond extracts and cinnamon to the beaten eggs.
• 9 add egg mixture to the milk mixture and mix well.
• 10 stir the grated chocolate into the mixture.
• 11 pour over the bread cubes.
• 12 let the mixture stand, stirring occasionally for about 20 minutes or until bread absorbs most of the milk mixture.
• 13 bake for 1 hour or until set.
• 14 check pudding by inserting a knife into the middle, it should come out clean.
• 15 serve warm or chilled with whipped cream.